PATCH: [Bug 19] - font enumeration problems for aliased gdi fonts

[Huw D M Davies]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 12:43:37PM -0700, Rafael Kitover wrote:
> Huw D M Davies wrote:
> > What's exactly the problem here?  Is it lack of support of 16bit EnumFonts ?
> > 
> > Huw.
> 
> The problem is this line in X11DRV_EnumDeviceFonts:
> 
> if (physDev->dc->gdiFont) return FALSE;
> 
> so if the font is "MS Sans Serif", it will return 0, and old VB apps at least
> won't like that. But knowing the actual X11 font name given in the wine config,
> from the alias table it's possible to enumerate it, so those apps will start,
> that's what that patch does.
> 
> That's all I really managed to understand here, if there is a better way to do
> this I will.

The alias table in the config file is used only by the old font
scheme.  Could you send me a relay trace of what's going on, I'd like
to understand why VB apps have problems.

Thanks,

Huw.
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Huw Davies
huw at codeweavers.com