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From: raja@bombay.cps.msu.edu (Narayan S. Raja)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Openwindows font path problem
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Date: 23 May 91 19:20:54 GMT
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Hello.  We have the MIT X server as well
as the Sun Openwindows 2 xnews server.  Some
applications (e.g. xtex, Andrew) expect to
use fonts from font directories not in the
standard locations.  

We have no problem doing this for the MIT 
X server (using "xset fp+ ...." and 
"xset fp rehash").  However, I'm unable 
to get the Openwindows xnews server to 
access ANY non-Openwindows font directory 
(in fact it seem to look in $OPENWINHOME/lib/fonts 
and *nowhere* else!)

I've tried changing FONTPATH, as well as the
"xset fp" method, but nothing works.  Is
there anything else I should know about
xnews?  Any suggestions whatsoever to try?

Thank you very much,


Narayan Sriranga Raja.