Mike Maxwell wrote: > Something seems to have broken between 3.7.1 and 3.8.1 with the font > support. > > A year or so ago, we created a modified version of the Java > fontconfig.properties file, following the instructions that you pointed > us to here: > http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/intl/fontconfig.html > This allows us to use special fonts for the Bengali and IPA ranges of > Unicode. We have to copy that fontconfig.properties file over to the > new Java lib directory every time a new version of Java comes out, but > other than that this has worked OK. (Well, I couldn't get it to work at > all for the Arabic/Urdu code range, but that's another story.) > > Until yesterday. We upgraded from XXE 3.7.1 to 3.8.1 (Pro), and this > stopped working. All my Bengali and IPA characters turned to boxes. > > XXE reports that it's using "Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0_06", > and I verified that we have the modified fontconfig.properties file in > C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\lib\fontconfig.properties > (the same file worked fine with 3.7.1). > > So has something changed to break the font support in 3.8.1?
We have indeed made changes related to the support of fonts by our CSS engine (to support the MathML ``logical fonts'') but I don't see how this could have influenced the native font support. > If so, we > would like to revert to 3.7.1 until this gets fixed; We cannot fix a problem that we cannot reproduce here at XMLmind's offices. Please send us a copy of your document + your fontconfig.properties + any non standard font referenced in this file. > but we will also > need several plug-ins for 3.7.1 (including the WebDav plugin), which are > no longer on the XMLmind website. How can we install these? No problem. Install XXE 3.7.1 then use Options|Preferences, "Install Add-ons" section, remove all the URLs found in the "Download add-ons from these servers" frame (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.dialog.PreferencesEditorDialog.html#installAddonsOptions) and finally add the folllowing URL: http://www.xmlmind.com/archive/xmleditor/3.7.1/list-3_7_1.xxe_addon Then install the add-ons as usual. More generally, you'll find all the plug-ins in this (browsable) directory: http://www.xmlmind.com/archive/xmleditor/3.7.1/
