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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

56.0. "Font inquiry and/or manipulation " by LDP::GABRIEL (Daylight come an me wanna go home) Fri Jan 27 1989 15:25

    
    I am looking for a way to do the following in either XLIB, XIntrinsics,
    or DECwindows Toolkit:
    
    	Call some proceudre/functions that will return the font name
    	(and/or load it) based on a set of given characteristics.  For
    	example, "16 point, italic, roman" returns/loads font_type_xxx
        as this is the closest match.  If the font doesn't exist, somehow
    	"massage" the current font to become what I want.
    
    The customer claims that MS Windows supports this type of feature.
    I have tried to explain that XListFontsWithInfo might be a good
    start as it accepts wildcards, but this was call was not suitable.
    
    Is there anything else I can suggest ????
    
    Thanks,
    
    -joe

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
56.1	You had it right...	IAGO::SCHOELLER	Who's on first?	`Fri Jan 27 1989 15:57`	13
	Joe, you had it right. You can call XListFonts with the fields that they are interested in filled in. This will tell you what fonts qualify. You would then use XLoadQueryFont to grab a font which satisfies your requirements. In addition, if there are some characteristics they don't want varied, you can default these. It is unclear to me why your customer would think that the X routine was inappropriate. Could you expand a little? Dick
56.2	My understanding	LDP::GABRIEL	Daylight come an me wanna go home	`Fri Jan 27 1989 16:10`	15
	Dick, They told me that's not how they do it with MS windows. XListFontsWithInfo also doesn't have some of the other capabilities I specified (scaling current font, etc). I talked to the programmer himself and he said his boss uses MS-Windows currently and wants to see the same functionality with fonts in DECwindows. They don't want to write their own function to do this, they want the software (namely DECwindows) to do it for them. -joe
56.3	Still not real clear	IAGO::SCHOELLER	Who's on first?	`Fri Jan 27 1989 16:34`	10
	Joe, So, do you mean that they want a program which tells them which fonts are out there? Or do you mean that they want our applications to have a font selector capability? Or do you mean that they want a routine supplied with DECwindows which has exactly the same coding format as a routine supplied with MS windows? Dick
56.4	How's this	LDP::GABRIEL	Daylight come an me wanna go home	`Fri Jan 27 1989 16:52`	14
	They would like to see a program/function that can be called from their application that asks DECwindows to list/load a font based on certain criteria (such as point size, italics,etc). If the EXACT font does not exist, they want the same program/function to manipulate the current font to match the criteria specified. They want the functionality of the MS-Windows routines that do this exact thing, not necessarily the same syntax. -joe
56.5		IAGO::SCHOELLER	Who's on first?	`Mon Jan 30 1989 09:29`	8
	The first part is definitely there in the routines discussed previously. Since there is no capability to manipulate (ie: scale, rotate) fonts on the fly, the second part would be difficult to impossible. It might be reasonable to try something which would give a best fit (ie: 12 point when 13 requested). Dick
56.6	Resize fonts ?	STKHLM::LHOLMSTROM	Lars Holmstr�m SWAS @SOO	`Thu Jun 29 1989 08:06`	12
	Hello ! A major customer of us have a small (?) problem. They want a font in DECWindows of about 20x9 pixels (HxW). The font should be used both for their own applications as well as for DECterm's and VAXPC. Is there a way to achieve this ? Lars