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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: Hans-Georg Scherneck <hgs AT chalmers DOT se>
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:24:41 +0100
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Jon Turney skrev:
> 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
>
> This was enough for me to get xfig to not crash when showing it's file open dialog.
>
> 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)
>
> One could wish for xfig to provide a clearer indication of the problem rather that just segfaulting.
>
> (I note that xfig's file open dialog seems to hang if we navigate to the root directory, but I 
> guess that is a separate issue)
>
Jon,
PROBLEM SOLVED thanks to your suggestion,
this was indeed the heart of the problem. The symlink solved the problem in a breeze.
Great many thanks. I hope, when this mail converation is recorded in the cygwin discussion forum it  
solves the headaches of many other frustrated xfig users too.

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