Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

2988.0. "man page for dxfconv, Ultrix?" by CSCOA5::HOOD_DO () Mon Jun 25 1990 12:22

    
    Does anyone know how to use dxfconv... the dx font conversion utility
    to use fonts with the X compatability server (Xcomp) for Ultrix? 
    
    I have a customer that will not rewrite their X10 code, and it bombs
    out when trying to load a font. In the "Porting Xlib Applications"
    manual , there is a blurb which states:
    
    "*   Only X11-style fonts are available in Xcomp. You must convert
         X10 fonts (using the font converter utility dxfconv) to use them
         under X11"
    
    Unfortunately, the man page for dxfconv was not included in the Ultrix
    documentation. QAR #819 (APR 89)under the UWS_QAR database claims that 
    the problem will be addressed in the future, but that really doesn't 
    help me (or my customer) now.
    
    I would guess that it works like a font compiler, and suggested that 
    they (my customer) give it a try, but "they need to know this right
    away, and they don't have time to play around with it trying to 
    get it to work"
    
    Any  help would be appreciated. 
    
    Doug Hood
       

dxfconv takes an X10 font file (.onx) as its argument and spits out on stout
the snf for that font.  That can be redirected into a file and compiled with
dxfc into an X11 font or perhaps piped directly into dxfc.
				Jeff

    
    Thanks for the reply. The .snf file is the compiled form a font
    (server natural format) for UWS 2.0 and 2.1. So... does dxfconv 
    create the .bdf format of the file, or does it go ahead and compile
    to .snf format? If so, does dxfconv for 2.2 create a .pcf file?
    
    I realize that very few people use these tools... any help is 
    appreciated.
    
    Doug

I thought snf was the uncompiled text format.  I guess I meant bdf.  dxfconv
outputs source for the font, not a compiled X11 form of the font.  That is
why you need to run the result through the font compiler.
				Jeff