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authorEric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>2002-12-15 05:47:24 +0000
committerEric Warmenhoven <warmenhoven@src.gnome.org>2002-12-15 05:47:24 +0000
commitb780b2a39b6d86619b0ea57997dba3acd9c011c0 (patch)
tree13ac5a55a5f040f93c855cd5d4cb562e14987967
parent880f14ff0cf507e079ab735c7bcb32e2922b8de7 (diff)
downloadgtk+-b780b2a39b6d86619b0ea57997dba3acd9c011c0.tar.gz
Minor updates for 2.2.0. (#67820)
2002-12-14 Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> * gtk/framebuffer.sgml: Minor updates for 2.2.0. (#67820)
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/gtk/framebuffer.sgml56
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 19b4afcda1..dc6cf43426 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-12-14 Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
+
+ * gtk/framebuffer.sgml: Minor updates for 2.2.0. (#67820)
+
2002-12-11 Matthias Clasen <maclas@gmx.de>
* gtk/text_widget.sgml: Fix some links.
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/framebuffer.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/framebuffer.sgml
index 17c1778383..da3d0ee42f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/framebuffer.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/framebuffer.sgml
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ without any changes to the source.
<refsect2><title>Build requirements</title>
<para>
You need GTK+ 2.0; the 1.2.x series does not have framebuffer support.
-To compile GTK+ with framebuffer support you will need FreeType 2, we
+To compile GTK+ with framebuffer support you will need FreeType 2; we
recommend FreeType 2.0.1 or later, as there was some problems with
<command>freetype-config</command> in 2.0. Make sure that you install
FreeType before Pango, since Pango also needs it. FreeType can be found at
-<ulink url="ftp://ftp.freetype.org">ftp://ftp.freetype.org</ulink>.
+<ulink url="ftp://ftp.freetype.org">ftp://ftp.freetype.org</ulink>. You also
+need fontconfig in order to properly use the FreeType 2 backend in Pango.
+Fontconfig depends on FreeType as well. Fontconfig can be found at
+<ulink url="http://fontconfig.org">http://fontconfig.org</ulink>.
</para>
</refsect2>
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ be simple to add.
<refsect2><title>Building and installing</title>
<para>
-First build and install GLib and Pango as usual, in that order.
+First build and install GLib, ATK and Pango as usual, in that order.
Then configure GTK+ by running <command>configure</command> (or
<command>autogen.sh</command> if running from
@@ -61,46 +64,11 @@ Since GtkFB uses FreeType 2 to render fonts it can render TrueType and
Postscript type 1 antialiased fonts.
</para>
-<para>At startup it scans some directories looking for fonts. By default
-it looks in <filename>$prefix/lib/ft2fonts</filename>, and if you want to
-change this you must add something like:
-
-<programlisting>
-[PangoFT2]
-FontPath = /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType
-</programlisting>
-
-To your <filename>$prefix/etc/pango/pangorc</filename> or <filename>~/.pangorc</filename>.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-You must also set up font aliases for the fonts Sans, Serif and
-Monotype. This is done by creating a
-<filename>$prefix/etc/pango/pangoft2.aliases</filename> or
-<filename>~/.pangoft2_aliases</filename> file. You can also set the name of this file using
-the key <literal>AliasFiles</literal> in the <literal>PangoFT2</literal> section in <filename>pangorc</filename>.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-An example of a font alias file for the urw fontset is:
-<informalexample><programlisting>
-sans normal normal normal normal "urw gothic l"
-serif normal normal normal normal "urw palladio l"
-monospace normal normal normal normal "nimbus mono l"
-</programlisting></informalexample>
-</para>
-
<para>
-And one using the Windows TrueType fonts is:
-<informalexample><programlisting>
-sans normal normal normal normal "arial"
-serif normal normal normal normal "times new roman"
-monospace normal normal normal normal "courier new"
-</programlisting></informalexample>
-
-A more detailed example can be found in
-<filename>examples/pangoft2.aliases</filename> in the
-Pango distribution.
+GtkFB uses fontconfig for configuration of font information, including
+directories and aliases. Make sure that you have your fonts.conf file
+configured with where your TrueType and Type1 fonts are. Please refer to the
+fontconfig documentation for more information.
</para>
</refsect2>
@@ -181,8 +149,8 @@ driver, so instead you can use shift-F1 instead when using this
driver.
</para>
-<para>Pressing Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace kills the GtkFB program. (Can't be pressed
-in the xlate driver.)</para>
+<para>Pressing Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace kills the GtkFB program. (This can't be
+pressed in the xlate driver, so instead you can use shift-F8.)</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>