Re: How add a path to fonts to xset?

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On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> How add a path to fonts to xset?
>> >> >
>> >> > man xset
>> >>
>> >> Too complicated, Patrick! Is not there any gui?
>> >
>> > If you want a GUI you don't want xset. xset is for setting stuff
>> > (including the font path) from the command-line. And it's not that
>> > complicated: xset fp=list,of,directories
>> >
>> > What exactly are you trying to do?
>>
>> I am trying to get Mathematica 6.0.3 to work. When I try to run it, I
>> get the following:
>>
>> $ xset:  bad font path element (#23), possible causes are:
>>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Fonts are now held in /etc/X11/fontpath.d, however the error message is
> unclear about which font is causing the problem. Try:
>
> # ls /etc/X11/fontpath.d/*/fonts.dir
>
> and look for missing fonts.dir files.
>
> BTW, is this is a version of Mathmatica specifically for Fedora 9? If
> not, the problem might be that it's assuming the old-style xfs setup.

In fact, this version of Mathematica is not specifically for Fedora 9;
it is for Linux in general.

Paul

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