Re: Antialiased fonts in gtk1.x applications

[david <david@qednet.biz>]

But the other question is why?

According to the package description supplied by Synaptic

"gtk+-1.2 anti-aliased font support control panel
*** THIS WILL CAUSE APPLICATIONS TO CRASH, DIE, LOSE INFORMATION,
AND OTHER NASTY EFFECTS.  DON'T USE THIS IF YOU WANT STABILITY ***"

Is the 1.5 package more stable?

just my 2c :)

david

Jack Malmostoso wrote:
> I already know the answer: gdkxft :)
>
> But I cannot compile it and I cannot figure out why! I learned to tweak
> the gtk1.x fonts using the ~/.gtkrc.mine file, and I'd like to add
> antialiasing (I use a couple of gtk1.x applications, such as gentoo and
> mplayer).
>
> The output I get while compiling the 1.5 package is this:
>
> [cut coming right after the end of ./configure]
>
> In file included from /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:41,
>                  from gdkxft.c:29:
> /usr/include/ft2build.h:56:38: freetype/config/ftheader.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from gdkxft.c:29:
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:42:10: #include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>
> In file included from gdkxft.c:29:
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:59: error: syntax error before "_XftFTlibrary"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:93: error: syntax error before "FT_UInt"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:96: error: syntax error before '}' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:100: error: syntax error before "FT_UInt"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:103: error: syntax error before '}' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:197: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:263: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:269: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:302: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:361: error: syntax error before "XftLockFace"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:400: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:406: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:415: error: syntax error before "FT_UInt"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:425: error: syntax error before "XftCharIndex"
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:468: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:479: error: syntax error before '*' token
> /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:500: error: syntax error before '*' token
> gdkxft.c: In function `code_conversion':
> gdkxft.c:123: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
> make[2]: *** [gdkxft.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jack/install/gdkxft-1.5/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jack/install/gdkxft-1.5'
> make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
>
> I have the ftheader.h file and is positioned in
>
> /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftheader.h
>
> I kind of see the solution (an "include" problem) but I don't know how to
> do this.
>
> Thanks for any help, and for any other suggestion to antialias gtk1.x
> fonts!


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