Nick Zentena wrote:
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
Some of the difference may just be a matter of taste, but there's one substantive difference: the `/' before `:unscaled' that appears in the Howto but not in Steve's version.
Does anyone know if the slash really belongs there or not? And if not, how X distinguishes between scaled and unscaled fonts when it's looking for a font with a particular name or description?
The / shouldn't make any difference. Just type both from a cmd line.
Are you saying that a/:b and a:b are equivalent if typed from a command line?
You end up at the same spot. I think X searches each dir in order. So first it checks whatever is the first line. Does it find something it likes? If so it stops and uses that. If not it continues.
The question is how X determines if a particular directory contains ``something it likes''. While looking in a particular directory, does X have a way of distinguishing between scaled and unscaled fonts? If it does, what's the criterion?
IMHO one of the simplest fixes for fonts under X is to put the 100dpi stuff ahead of the 75dpi stuff. Things will normally improve quite a bit.
That was my experience also. I'd be interested in knowing why that's the case, though. Paul -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/