Re: [Gnuplot-info] Fontconfig warning

[Ethan M. <eam...@gm...>]

On Friday, 10 April 2026 02:47:46 PDT Hernán De Angelis wrote:
> Using the current main branch I started getting a warning that I haven't 
> seen before:
> 
> Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()

This was a bug, or at least a bad decision, made in one particular version
of the fontconfig library.  It was quicly fixed in the next version of that library.

Full story here
    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/472

The warning is annoying, but harmless.

	Ethan

> 
> 
> In my scripts the line triggering this warning looks like this:
> 
> set title 'title' font "DejaVu-Sans-Bold,25"
> 
> font size specification is not a problem, just the call. The warning 
> will not appear if the line is commented out.
> 
> 
> Note that the same scripts start with lines of the type:
> 
> set terminal pngcairo enhanced size 1400,900 font "DejaVu-Sans,13"
> 
> where the font call is not triggering a warning.
> 
> 
> What could be going on?
> 
> 
> H.
> 
> 
> 
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