[Xquartz-dev] Tiger fixes in 1.4.2-apple24

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Nov 25, 2008, at 03:31, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 25.11.2008 um 00:23 schrieb Jeremy Huddleston:
>
>> Again, the application you need to run is sudo /usr/X11/bin/
>> font_cache ... which I just realized wouldn't be on your system.   
>> Grab
>> it from here:
>>
>> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.5/X11fonts-5.1/font_cache.sh
>>
>> That takes care of running your mkfontdir, mkfontcache, etc...
>
>
> I added sym-links to /sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin/fc-cache to /usr/X11/ 
> bin, then the script ran successfully:
>
> 	font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font  
> caches
> 	font_cache: Making fonts.dir for updated directories.
> 	font_cache: Updating FC cache
> 	font_cache: Done

<snip>

> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R7.4/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,  
> removing from list!

run:

sudo font_cache -s -v -f

> After I've added the X11 and X11R7.4 font paths to my ~/.fonts.conf  
> I get after the "Build Date:..." line an extra:
>
> 	Thread Assertion Failed: self=Unknown Thread, expected=Xserver Thread
> 	xprFrame.c:xprInit:448

That is fine.

> There is no other change, the same font path elements are reported  
> missing.
>
>
>
> BTW, "Xquartz --help" launches the server visibly, i.e., a form pops  
> up for a few seconds, partially obscured by Cocoa Emacs.app in which  
> I am working, and X11.app starts to leap in Dock.
>
>
> Fc-list lists a "Times" font. "Xquartz :0 -fn Times" brings at the  
> end a little change:
>
> 	Fatal server error:
> 	could not open default font 'Times'

Yeah, that's because fontconfig is not used for server fonts.  There  
are 2 font systems in X11.  You need to make your xfs font caches by  
doing the:

sudo font_cache -s -v -f


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