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- From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright)
- Subject: Re: Xlib bugs in HP-UX 8.07
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 19:10:29 GMT
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- lecom@slhp1.epfl.ch (Claude Lecommandeur) writes:
- >freeman@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Jon Freeman) writes:
- >|> 1. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to add a new font
- >|> directory to a server's font path using XSetFontPath() (or
- >|> equivalently, 'xset +fp' or 'xset fp+').
-
- > It seems that you can add directories only in {your_X11_path}/lib/fonts,
- >i don't know why, but it works for me for these kind of directories.
-
- There is no such restriction on adding font paths. I would guess the problem
- you are having is because the directory is not mounted. Remember, fonts are
- a server resource, not a client's. So if the fonts are on a remote machine's
- disk, you must nfs mount them.
-
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- Jim Wright
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