Xemacs: Adding a font

Xemacs: Adding a font

[Tom Szczesny]

Writing program scripts for A+ with Xemacs requires using a special font.

I have added the required fonts to  /usr/share/fonts/misc
and updated /usr/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias

I have rerun "mkfontdir" successfully

When I execute the command
      xset fp rehash
I get the message:
      xset:   unable to open display ""

If I execute the command
      xset fp default
I get the same message:
      xset:   unable to open display ""

Any suggestions?

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Re: Xemacs: Adding a font

[Mark Geisert]

Tom Szczesny writes:
> When I execute the command
>       xset fp rehash
> I get the message:
>       xset:   unable to open display ""
[...]
> Any suggestions?

Questions about X Window on Cygwin belong on the cygwin-xfree list.  But the
short answer is that 'xset' dynamically (re-)configures the X server.  For this,
the server has to be running already.

Please refer to the Cygwin/X FAQ for how to start the server, but it may be as
simple as running 'startxwin' assuming you've got the necessaries installed
already.  Then set the DISPLAY environment variable to the network address of
the server you started.  Kindly follow up on the other list :).
HTH,

..mark


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Re: Xemacs: Adding a Font

[Tom Szczesny]

Never mind.  I figured it out.
The fonts are installed in Windows.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Tom Szczesny <tavmem@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mark (for the Cygwin/X suggestions).
>
> I went the X-route in Cygwin only because that is what I did in Gentoo.
> But Xemacs works perfectly well in Cygwin w/o starting an X-server.
> So, the X-server appears to be a needless step.
>
> However, the fonts displayed by Xemacs (when not using X-server)
> are quite different than the fonts (with X-server).
>
> I suspect that the fonts (when not using X-server) are stored in a
> completely different place.
> (not in   /usr/share/fonts/misc)
>
> Where does Xemacs get its fonts (when not using X-server)?

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Xemacs: Adding a Font

[Tom Szczesny]

Thanks Mark (for the Cygwin/X suggestions).

I went the X-route in Cygwin only because that is what I did in Gentoo.
But Xemacs works perfectly well in Cygwin w/o starting an X-server.
So, the X-server appears to be a needless step.

However, the fonts displayed by Xemacs (when not using X-server)
are quite different than the fonts (with X-server).

I suspect that the fonts (when not using X-server) are stored in a
completely different place.
(not in   /usr/share/fonts/misc)

Where does Xemacs get its fonts (when not using X-server)?

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