Re: TrueType fonts for xvile

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 05:50:01PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> I see that xvile can now be built to use TrueType fonts.
> 
> Is this straightforward?  The xvile that comes in Debian 12 isn't
> built for TrueType so I'll need to build it myself. I've built and
> compiled it before so that's not a big problem but are there any
> particular issues I should be aware of?
> 
> Also, will it just allow me to select all the fonts I can see in the
> rest of my GUI?
> 
> The reason for all this is that I have just bought myself a new 4k
> monitor so I need to make everything use bigger fonts! :-)
> 
I have just tried:-

    ./configure --with-x --with-screen=X11 --with-freetype-config 
--enable-fontsets --with-perl

... and it fails (after compiling quite a lot) with:-

    make: *** No rule to make target 'x11fancy.c', needed by 'x11fancy.o'.  
Stop.


-- 
Chris Green