Maybe try installing the applesystemfonts package. Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Horton Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fink-users] Abiword, X11 and font problem At 9:26 AM -0700 9/8/03, you wrote: >On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 10:22:39AM -0400, Kevin Horton wrote: > > I tried adding "xfontpath enable" to .xinitrc on the iBook and the >> main Mac, but that did nothing. > >I think this would only be helpful if you actually supplied a path to a >remote font server on the main machine, but I'm not sure that Apple's >X11 supports this. > >> Now that I look in /sw/share/docs/xfontpath, I see the README file. >> But I'm not sure which font paths I need to add to get >> applesystemfonts working. Can anyone provide a clue? > >I think this is taken care of when you install applesystemfonts, but I >may be wrong. I don't have an unstable installation to check it out. > >> And I still need to get AbiWord working when I ssh in from my iBook. >> Will xfontpaths help here, or do I have another problem I need to >> solve? > >You might try copying the AbiWord fonts from the main Mac to the iBook, >using the same path. It sounds like AbiWord is adding fonts to the >path, but you don't have those fonts or paths on the iBook. Bingo! I copied /sw/share/AbiSuite/fonts/ from my main Mac to the iBook, and now Abiword works. Thanks. The apple system fonts are still not available, but I can live without them for now. Thanks for your help, Kevin Horton ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
