FS#8806 - xfig cant use ps fonts
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Opened by Travis (tesjo) - Friday, 30 November 2007, 21:34 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Monday, 29 December 2008, 22:31 GMT
Opened by Travis (tesjo) - Friday, 30 November 2007, 21:34 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Monday, 29 December 2008, 22:31 GMT
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Description:
xfig 3.2.5-1 is unable to change text font to anything but default. No error of missing font just wont change. Downgraded to xfig 3.2.4-3 and fonts are again working. Additional info: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40455 Generic build from 3.2.5 source had same issue Steps to reproduce: |
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Closed by Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Monday, 29 December 2008, 22:31 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in xfig-3.2.5-1 that was moved out of testing.
Monday, 29 December 2008, 22:31 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in xfig-3.2.5-1 that was moved out of testing.
will investigate if i find time... alternative: should we downgrade to 3.2.4 till a solution is found?
IMHO we should.
I'm looking at ipe, I've made an uptodate PKGBUILD, it runs smoothly. Interesting, I didn't know about it. Or what do you use to includ latex tags in your images?
ipe? i don't know it - is it worth? more useable than xfig? (more up to date? using some cooler gui widgets? *smile*) if it is the new replacement, we should add it to extra.
Looking forward the downgrade of xfig though...
xfig downgrade - as decided in bug http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8806" message
rebuild in i686 will follow later
downgraded the xfig in x86_64, i686 will follow later
This small patch (call to sed) fix this:
--- PKGBUILD.org 2008-03-13 21:38:52.000000000 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD 2008-03-13 21:40:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
# =3.2.4
patch -Np1 -i ../xfig-gcc4.patch
+ sed -e 's/^XCOMM #define XAW3D/#define XAW3D/' -i Imakefile
# make makefile with imake
xmkmf || return 1
Is xdraft (http://xdraft.sourceforge.net/) a possible alternative to xfig?
Anyway, it appears that this patch works with xfig 3.2.5. I have no problem with fonts.
I am a bit busy at present, but I will post a more informative comment when I get time.
I intend to update xfig to 3.2.5 once I fix this font problem. There is a comment in the PKGBUILD about 3.2.5 having other problems as well. Does anyone know what they might be?