Re: [Mlterm-dev-en] fonts

[Karl K. <ko...@or...>]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Ahmad Emami wrote:
> Hi,
> This problem may not be very related but I can't
> install the arabic fonts and hence run mlterm.
> 
> I have got these fonts and put them into ~/fonts/
> directory:
> 10x20.bdf
> 10x20.pcf
> 
> I ran 'mkfontdir' command with no problem but when I
> run 'xset fp+ ~/fonts/' I get the following error:
> xset:  bad font path element (#37), possible causes are:
>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
> 
> Do you know what the problem might be?
The '~' is not legal, as it refers to _your_ home,of which the 
X-server/font-server knows nothing. You should specify  a full path the 
X-server can see.

As a note on the side: I made the experience that it is faster to have
_only_ the pcf-font in the fontpath ( depending on what is mkfontdir 
writes into fonts.dir ).


	Karl