[Apologies for replying to a long-dead thread] On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:54:42PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:20:39PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > > Don't know what one uses with an installed version of LyX. I always > > > run it from the build dir and put /path/to/lyxbuild/lib/xfonts in > > > the font path. > > > > Then perhaps the RPM for RedHat should take care to do something like > > that. > > It's not always technically feasible as the X server might run on another > machine than LyX.
Indeed. But an RPM should certainly do its best to sort out any integration issues; that is the whole point of having a 'distribution' of linux, that the integration works. Certainly I will try to make at least the most common cases 'just work' in the .deb packages. (Which presumably includes making sure that the local X server can find the postscript fonts which are included with Debian's TeTeX packages). > > No, I am complaining that getting a consistent font scheme with fonts > > designed for screen use (with a matching size set, and appropriate > > fonts for italic, slanted, bold and the like) would be the work of a > > day at least. Certainly doable if I were interested in using LyX on > > a permanent base, but certainly quite above the head of the user base > > LyX tries to appeal to. > > Maybe I am trying to appeal to different people than you think LyX tries. > Fixing a font path is certainly not above the head of "the user base _I_ > know", even less when given instruction. > > > So what external tool would you recommend for selecting an > > appropriate font set for screen use with LyX? > > xfontsel Actually, X fonts are notoriously badly understood, especially by people from a mixed computer usage background (i.e. using also some windows or MacOS). I am fairly uncomfortable with xfontsel myself. I think LyX should at least strive for a pleasant default. > > Where have you documented its use for that purpose? > > Nowhere. I consider using xfontsel to learn about a system's font common > knowledge. I contend that this is not the case, especially for people mainly using gnome or kde. Jules
