----- Original Message ----- | From: "Rainer Blome" <rainer.bl...@gmx.de> | To: cygwin@cygwin.com | Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:22:37 PM | Subject: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm refers to font "helvetica" | | Since many months (and probably several Cygwin and X11 releases), | starting `xterm` triggers the following annoying warning (xterm | starts fine otherwise): | | xterm & | Warning: Cannot convert string | "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type | FontStruct | | I have grepped for "helvetica" through my own config files | (`.Xdefaults` etc.) and not found such a font reference. | | The mailing list archives show that at least one other Cygwin user | has encountered the same issue, | and got no answer regarding this specific issue (just for another | font issue). | https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2015-09/msg00184.html | https://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?wm=wrd&form=extended&m=all&s=D&ul=%2Fml%2Fcygwin%2F%25&q=helvetica | At first glance, internet search provides only less relevant hits. | | It looks like the cause is in file `/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm`, in | the following line: | | *SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font: | -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* | | When I comment out that line (using "!"), xterm starts without any | warnings. | | I do not recall having added that line myself, so I assume that it is | part of its default content. | Are users expected to maintain that file?
If there's a better choice for Cygwin, the packager probably should apply that as a patch. I see that it's been as-is in xterm sources since 1994... -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple