Michael Herger;187511 Wrote: 
> 
> I tried to add the custom format as erland mentioned. But there are a
> few  
> things which imho do make it harder than necessary. Wouldn't it be
> easier  
> to store the graphics in a .bmp (custom font) file instead of
> converting  
> them over and over again? One problem I see implementing the format
> string  
> is the fact that you always need to know the client (which isn't
> possible  
> with title formats). If the graphics were pre-built you wouldn't have
> to  
> calculate the framebuffer (getFramebuf) over and over again, further  
> avoiding even more global variables (gxwidth, ) and passing around of
> the  
> client object. And there is a three lines font available in SlimServer.
> 
> Why bother building your own?
> 

Yeah, consider most of this lack of knowlegde on my side. The three
lines font just wasn't available when I first coded WeatherTime.


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