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Hi again,
In January, 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> xvile emits the following message whenever I run it:
>
> | Warning: Cannot convert string "lucidasans-10" to type FontStruct
This still happens. The manual says:
Win32 drivers support UTF-8. But they display based on font selection.
The
"Lucida Console" font is widely available, and can be used for this
purpose. To have complete support for UTF-8, you need the fonts provided
with Microsoft Office.
The sample .vilemenu file in the manual and macros/vilemenu.rc say:
C:Fixed Fonts
B:5x8:setv $font 5x8
B:7x14:setv $font 7x14
B:8x13:setv $font 8x13
B:8x16:setv $font 8x16
B:9x15:setv $font 9x15
B:10x20:setv $font 10x20
B:12x24:setv $font 12x24
;
C:Nice Fonts
B:10pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-10-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
B:12pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-12-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
B:14pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-14-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
B:16pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-16-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
B:18pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-18-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
B:20pt:setv $font
"-*-lucidatypewriter-*-r-normal-sans-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso8859-1"
macros/XVile.ad says:
! menu
*menubar*font: lucidasans-10
Aside from that, there are no references to Lucida Sans in the
upstream source. So this looks like a documentation problem (where am
I supposed to get that font from?), packaging problem (why not use the
default "sans" desktop font?), and usability problem (how am I
supposed to infer what to do from the message "Cannot convert
string"?), if nothing else.
Known problem? Advice?
Thanks for keeping the vile packaging in good shape.
Jonathan
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