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From: ahh@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: guru when calling OpenDiskFont
Message-ID: <479@glyph.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 89 01:54:46 GMT
References: <1319@jimi.cs.unlv.edu>
Reply-To: ahh@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan)
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In article <1319@jimi.cs.unlv.edu> jack@jimi.cs.unlv.edu (The Prism) writes:
>When I call OpenDiskFont to load a font, I get a guru.

	[portions of code removed]

>struct Library *DiskFontBase;
                     ^
The correct name is 'DiskfontBase' (note small 'f').
The jump through the real library vector lands you into uncharted
territory as it is never initialized.  (The library was opened, but
the pointer was put in the wrong place.)  Boing!