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- From: sflynn@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Steven J Flynn)
- Subject: Re: x3270
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.145115.28257@udel.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:51:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.111238.15598@newstand.syr.edu> svdhara@mongoose.syr.EDU () writes:
- >
- >
- > We work on Sun O.S. 4.1.2 X11 R4 Openwin.v3.
- >When we try to run x3270 on this environment,the following
- >error message comes:
- >
- >Warning: Cannot convert string "3270" to type FontStruct
- >
- >In addition,the screen is garbled.
- >
- >I have checked the font.dir and it is in the font path.
- >I also tried to include the fonts in the current directory and add the
- >current directory to the font path with:
- >
- >xset +fp [path]
- >xset fp rehash
- >
- >But still ,the error message persists.
- >
- >In the Makefile,TOP=. (TOP is defined as current dir.).Is this affecting
- >the execution of x3270?
- >
- >If you can go through my Makefile and suggest a solution,please let me know.
- >I will immediately mail it you.
- >
-
- I had the same problem. The problem is in you font definition and how
- you put it in the font files. The font definition is:
-
- -Misc-3270-Medium-R-Normal--14-140-75-75-C-90--1
-
- (from the 3270.bdf file)
-
- In you Imakefile make sure:
-
- FONTINSTDIR = $(FONTDIR)/misc
-
- In the /misc directory the entry for font.alias is:
-
- 3270 -misc-3270-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-90--1
-
- An in /misc directory the entry for fonts.dir is:
-
- 3270.pcf -misc-3270-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-90--1
-
- (make sure you add one to the font counter at the top of the file)
-
-
- do xmkmf
- make Makefiles
- make
-
- xset fp rehash
-
- and you should be set to go!!!! (it took me a while since I'm an
- x-novice!)
-
- If you want to put the font in its own directory, xset +fp [Path]
- will work.
-
-
- GOOD LUCK!!
-
- Steve Flynn
- University of Delaware
-