Re: Cant Load Fonts

Irene VATTON (Irene.Vatton@imag.fr)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:05:32 +0200

Hi,

In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:24:06 -0500."
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> Hi,
>
> While using "thot" I faced a problem. It gave the following
> errors:
> Missing file: ivsymb
> Missing file: ivgraf
>
> I looked at the possible causes of error in your manual and there was
> no cause for error. These files (ivsymb.pcf etc) are placed in
> /usr/local/thot/fonts and the variable THOTFONT is set
> correctly. There is nothing related to thot in .Xdefaults, still I get
> this error.

Your THOTFONT is set to /usr/local/fonts
Are you sure that your X-server can reach this directory ?
The THOTFONT path is used by the X-server and not by the application.
Nevertheless Thot can work without these two fonts. These two fonts only provide icons

Irene.
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