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From: biggers@wolves.uucp (Mark Biggers)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Running Open Look apps using other than OLWM
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.130017.16623@wolves.uucp>
Date: 28 Jun 91 13:00:17 GMT
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In article <159@esacs.UUCP> ferrara@esacs.UUCP (Giancarlo Ferrara) writes:
>> >Insights:
>> >- Your server doesn't have the the Open Look glyph or cursor fonts.
>> >- Your server doesn't have the other fonts used by XView programs.
>> >- If you're running MIT X11R4 (patchlevel 18), your fonts aren't setup right.
>> 
>[.....]
>> This is the error message that I am used to seeing:
>> 
>> OPEN LOOK Toolkit Error in application "Xtranslator":  Could not find default OP
>> EN LOOK button font:
>>                 Resolution: d     Point Size: 12
>
>I have the SAME problem with ANY *OLIT* appls no matter how the server/wm
>combination.
>
>- xnews with olwm or mwm
>- Xsun (R4PL18) with olwm/mwm
>- NCD19/NCD15 with olwm/mwm
>
>Note that there is *NO* problem with xview appls and all the user env appls;
>
>The only "strange" think i have done is to chose a "non standard" installation
>not installing the whole kit.
>
>On X my fonts (glyphs and cursor) are present and accessible (xfd displays
>all fine)
>
>Giancarlo
>uunet!i2unix!esacs!ferrara

My insight:

I'm running X11R4, patchlevel 18 from MIT as my default setup on a
Sun 4/110FCE, SunOS 4.1.  I also have OpenWindows installed in /home/openwin,
with my "path" var set up to pick up OW apps as desired.  I have no problems
running any of the XView clients (except Calendar Manager, and a font alias
fix was posted here for that).  BUT, OLIT fonts weren't shipped with MIT X,
so you gotta do the following:

1. "convertfont" (RTM) the d12* fonts in /home/openwin/lib/fonts to
   bdf fonts, taking care of the brain damage in "convertfont" to truncate
   font names in the process....

2. "bdftosnf" these fonts for each X server (on each machine ) 
   you have running about your
   installation.  My friends locally need to do this for a DG Aviion,
   Mac X and their Solbourne; I just did it for my Sun...

3. Move the .snf font files to /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc (if you want), do
   a "mkfontdir ." in that directory, and then add to your fonts.alias
   file in that dir as follows:


d12bluci  d12bluci-14
d12butto  d12butto-12
d12iluci  d12iluci-14
d12NAlucid  d12lucid-14
d12sbarh  d12sbarh-12
d12sbarv  d12sbarv-12
d12sldrh  d12sldrh-12
d12sldrv  d12sldrv-12

(I don't like the d12lucid-14 font supplied with the d12 OLIT fonts, so
 I used this alias in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias:
d12lucid   -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-12-120-75-75-p-71-iso8859-1

Hmm, now that I see this, I realize I should have done the same for the
corresponding bold and italic styles.  Left as an exercise for the reader...)

4. Issue a "xset fp rehash" to cause the X server to reread the font 
   databases

5. Enjoy OLIT wherever you use an X server ;^) :^(....

If you get stuck, send me mail...

--mark

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