Re: Font install manual

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

Alain M. wrote:
> Ok here goes some part of it (I will sent it to the list so that others 
> can contribute).
> 
> Some of it I have for compiling from svn and some por post installing, 
> so please forgive me if it may get confusing.
> 
> --------------
> Step 1) You will need a program to convert the fonts from the debian 
> project. The program is pcftobdf available, from 
> <http://www.tsg.ne.jp/GANA/S/pcf2bdf/>
> 
> tar -xzf pcf2bdf-1.04.tgz
> # modify the Makefile.gcc (some line) from:
> CC        = gcc
> # to
> CC        = g++
> # install
> make -f Makefile.gcc clean
> sudo make -f Makefile.gcc install
> # it would be nice if it could be uploaded somewhere in dosemu site 
> already corrected :)
> 
> -------------
> Step 2) Get the VGA fonts from project debian/terminus
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/xfonts-terminus-dos
> # downlaos the file: xfonts-terminus-dos_4.12-1_all.deb
> # it is a newer version now...
> 
> # I don't know how to open it command line, so I opened it with ARK,
> # and into the directory data.tar.gz I chose the file I want, in this case
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ter-u14b_ibm850.pcf.gz
> #and drag it to somewhere, they are identified as: inthis case 14 pixels 
> heigh and cp850.
> # unzip:
> gunzip -c ter-u14b_ibm850.pcf.gz >ter-u14b_ibm850.pcf
> # now you need to convert it to dosemu format:
> /usr/local/bin/pcf2bdf -o vga8x14-cp850.bdf ter-u14b_ibm850.pcf
> /usr/local/bin/pcf2bdf -o vga10x20-cp850.bdf ter-u20b_ibm850.pcf
> # I rename the font to a more dos-like name
> 
> Step 3) Install the font with dosemu compiled from source
> # Copy the bdf file to the etc directory in dosemu
> # Copy the second line of the .bdf file to etc/dosemu.alias like this:
> vga8x14-cp850  -xos4-Terminus-Bold-R-Normal--14-140-72-72-C-80-IBM-CP850
> vga10x20-cp850 -xos4-Terminus-Bold-R-Normal--20-200-72-72-C-100-IBM-CP850
> # delete the directory /usr/local/share/dosemu/Xfonts
> # and reinstall dosemu compilado compiled from fonts
> 
> ----------
> or) for dosemu in rpm (I don't find good annotations)
> # install and reconfigure manualy the fonts in 
> /usr/local/share/dosemu/Xfonts/
> # you also need to edit manualy the alias file in the font directory
> # similar to step 3 above
> # reconfigur X to recognize the fonts
> mkfontdir /usr/local/share/dosemu/Xfonts
> xset fp rehash
> # but this needs .pcf.gz files, dosemu's install creates them
> # I will have to look more if I can find how to do it.
> 
> I hope this is a good start,
> Alain
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Alain I'm going to bottom post my entire reply so as not to get 
confused.  First let me ask if you are speaking about running xdosemu in 
an xterm as I do or are you talking about running dosemu in a terminal 
(no X)?

I was able to obtains fonts ready to go by
apt-get xfonts-dosemu

This installs the fonts in
/usr/local/share/dosemu/Xfonts

Those fonts are:
vga10x20-cp866.pcf.gz  vga11x19.pcf.gz  vga8x19.pcf.gz    vga.pcf.gz
vga10x24.pcf.gz        vga12x30.pcf.gz  vga-cp866.pcf.gz

 From there it was just a case of running the programs:
mkfontdir - create an index of X font files in a directory
fc-cache -f -v
xset - set user preferences for X
    see xset fp rehash to reset the font paths to current value.

I'm not sure why you are compiling stuff.

Larry

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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