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Re: OK, Crossfire v0.88.4 is here
- To: crossfire (at) ifi.uio.no
- Subject: Re: OK, Crossfire v0.88.4 is here
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:29:17 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <>; from "" at Jan 21, 93 5:15 pm
Lots of people writes:
>>>>> I've removed "crossfire.snf" and "crossfire.bdf" since they're generated
>>>>> by "make install" anyway. If anyone has problems with this, please
>>>>> let me know as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running on a Sun with OpenWindows3; the "make install" doesn't work
>>>> for me with regards to the fonts. I have to convert them manually and
>>>> install them. PLEASE don't drop the crossfire.snf file from the
>>>> distribution!
>>>
>>> It's impossible to create diff-files for the .snf file between
>>> distributions.
>>> Also, not everyone uses snf, many use pcf. Should I distribute both?
>>
>> Another problem is that snf fonts are different if the two machines
>> have different endiannesses. There should be some program which will
>> convert bdf to snf for the suns under openwin. I don't remember what
>> it's called, all the sun's I use have R5 on them.
>
> There is another problem though. People using Unix(tm) SystemV might
> not be able to generate the bdf file since they allocate to little
> space for argv :(
That was fixed in 0.88.4 (at least I believe so until someone convinces
me otherwise)
Now the bdf file is generated by something looking like: "ls | xbmtobdf".
Can't emphasize this point enough though:
- Anyone who finds out how to solve *any* problems with installation
of crossfire, please let me know.
-Frank.