[Gimp-developer] Fonts Dialog
Hi all, I would like to suggest a nice feature that is missing in fonts dialog. Actually Font Dialog allow to rescan fonts and that would be really useful if can be on it a function(just a simlink to a new font path in user fonts folder) that allow to add/remove a font dir making possible to add/remove dinamically fonts. Such feature is useful when the user has a really high number of fonts cause loading all them slow down whole gimp at the start. Happy new years for all ML! ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Fonts Dialog
Hi, On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 15:29 +0100, iwkse wrote: Such feature is useful when the user has a really high number of fonts cause loading all them slow down whole gimp at the start. Why not just fix the slow startup instead? If your copy of fontconfig would work correctly, GIMP would only have to scan the fonts the first time it is started. Subsequent runs will use the cache file. If that doesn't work for you, then something is wrong with fontconfig on your system. Sven ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Fonts Dialog
On 12/30/06, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 15:29 +0100, iwkse wrote: Such feature is useful when the user has a really high number of fonts cause loading all them slow down whole gimp at the start. Why not just fix the slow startup instead? If your copy of fontconfig would work correctly, GIMP would only have to scan the fonts the first time it is started. Subsequent runs will use the cache file. If that doesn't work for you, then something is wrong with fontconfig on your system. Well, if you *do* have thousands of fonts and they're all activated, the font list is two kilometers long! That's a problem not specific to the GIMP, but system-wide. I've been using an app (called fontypython) that creates symlinks in ~/.fonts and then restarting GIMP (or whatever program) whenever I need to switch fonts out. It would be nice to rescan for fonts, though I'm not sure how much work would be involved. I'd love to hear your thoughts... Chris ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Fonts Dialog
Well, if you *do* have thousands of fonts and they're all activated, the font list is two kilometers long! That's a problem not specific to the GIMP, but system-wide. I've been using an app (called fontypython) that creates symlinks in ~/.fonts and then restarting GIMP (or whatever program) whenever I need to switch fonts out. It would be nice to rescan for fonts, though I'm not sure how much work would be involved. I'd love to hear your thoughts... You don't really need to restart GIMP. Its enough to rescan and it's done. Just click on open font selection dialogue and you'll find rescan. Salvatore ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Fonts Dialog
You don't really need to restart GIMP. Its enough to rescan and it's done. Just click on open font selection dialogue and you'll find rescan. Salvatore Awesome! Now I feel like an ass for requesting a feature that exists... Chris ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer