peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/11/87)
I'm trying to open a font I already know the name of. Here's what I'm using:
struct TextAttr tr_font_attr = {
"tracers/6",
6,
FS_NORMAL,
FPF_ROMFONT | FPF_DISKFONT | FPF_PROPORTIONAL | FPF_DESIGNED | FPF_REMOVED
};
DiskfontBase = OpenLibrary("diskfont.library", 0);
font = OpenDiskFont(&tr_font_attr);
I've tried other combinations of FPF_*. I've tried "tracers". OpenLibrary
always succeeds. OpenDiskFont always fails.
--
-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (08/13/87)
In article <475@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >I'm trying to open a font I already know the name of. Here's what I'm using: >I've tried other combinations of FPF_*. I've tried "tracers". OpenLibrary >always succeeds. OpenDiskFont always fails. A combination of flags that should work is: FPF_ROMFONT|FPF_DISKFONT|FPF_PROPORTIONAL|FPF_DESIGNED and your name should be tracers.font, so your structure should be: struct TextAttr tr_font_attr = { "tracers.font", 6, FS_NORMAL, FPF_ROMFONT|FPF_DISKFONT|FPF_PROPORTIONAL|FPF_DESIGNED }; (you might also need a tracer.font file containing the font header information for the font sizes in tracer in the font: directory. But, then again, since you've got the name, you might not. Try it and see. -- andy finkel {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/20/87)
I get the message. You should specify the name ".font", despite the document's references to "fontname/size" in a context that leads one to believe that's what you should do. Look, the documentation is abysmal, OK? Why they didn't just use the -man macros (they were obviously using *roff), and follow the UNIX documentation standards? My main peeve is this: where they have: process = CreateProc(name, pri, segment, stacksize) D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 Why didn't they do this: process = CreateProc(name, pri, segment, stacksize) struct MessagePort *process; /* D0 */ UBYTE *name; /* D1 */ int pri; /* D2 */ ... You have to guess at types all over the place. Is there a decent set of docs anywhere? -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)