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Subject:	Re: xfig-3.2.5c-2.x86_64 crashes on save as or export on windows 10
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From:	Jon Turney <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:56:37 +0000
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On 02/11/2015 06:17, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-10-31 at 16:47 +0000, Jon Turney wrote:
>> On 29/10/2015 19:11, Hans-Georg Scherneck wrote:
>>> it crashes on x_86 (i.e. 32 bit version) too, even after re-installing
>>> the xorg-server packages.
>>> xfig won't show the export window before it crashes. What else can I do?
>>> Any step-by-step procedure with xorg-server renewal?
>>> Is there an issue with Athena widgets?
>>
>> I'd suggest, as an alternative workaround, with the current server:
>>
>> ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
>> /etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi:pri=40
>
> I'm not sure we should recommend this.

I agree.

It's just a workaround, which also serves to confirm that the issue is 
font related, until the steps you outline can be taken.

>> It seems that xfig requires the font '*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*' for
>> that dialog, but that is not one of the sizes provided by
>> xorg/font/adobe-*dpi (14 and 17 are the nearest), so we have to allow
>> this font to be scaled (or provide a scalable font which also matches
>> that XLFD)
>
> Fedora carries the following patch (among others):
>
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/xfig.git/tree/xfig-3.2.5-urwfonts.patch
>
> We currently provide the URW fonts in ghostscript-fonts-std.  That
> should be rebuilt to add a symlink in /etc/X11/fontpath.d, and xfig
> rebuilt with that patch (and possibly others from that set as well).

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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