On 2010-01-19 21:34-0800 David MacMahon wrote: > Hi, Alan, > > On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:53 , Alan W. Irwin wrote: > >> On 2010-01-18 21:56-0800 David MacMahon wrote: >> >>> If I tell cmake where to find my freetype fonts (via >>> -DPL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH=...) and turn on WITH_FREETYPE, then I can use the >>> xcairo device fine. >> >> Now that you have installed the fonts, I think you will find setting >> -DWITH_FREETYPE=OFF will make no difference to xcairo. But if that turns >> out not to be the case, and you want to pursue this further, please provide >> all the details so we can see exactly what is going on for your use >> case/platform > > I already had the freetype fonts installed, it's just that cmake didn't find > them until I told it where they were. Before I told it where they are, it > would turn off WITH_FREETYPE and using the xcairo device crashed. After > telling cmake where the freetype fonts are, it didn't turn off WITH_FREETYPE > and after rebuilding (make clean install) the xcairo device worked. I even > went back and turned off WITH_FREETYPE and after rebuilding (make clean > install) the xcairo device once again crashed. Needless to say, I did yet > another cmake/rebuild using WITH_FREETYPE=ON and xcairo is working for me > again. > > I am in the process of updating my MacPorts installation, but after that > finishes I will (try to) recreate the above steps and capture all the output > you've requested. I will send that to you (as attachments! :-)) off-list.
Actually, I have changed my mind about that, and I suggest attaching the files to a list post because Mac users here will have to help me interpret the data. To save bandwidth for those who are not interested, I suggest you compress each individual attached file or else collect them into a compressed tarball that you attach. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
