questions about xset

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> xset
> +fp=/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BD
> xset:  unknown option
> +fp=/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BD
>
>
>>From the man pages, one uses the "=" sign when you are defining the whole
> path.  For additions to the beginning or end of the list, the "=" is not
> used.

Didn't see that, but did note xset
fp+/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BD,
with no space after the "+", so *maybe* that's it... wish the error
message was more elaborate/clear. I don't see any reason that the
author(s) of xset can't *tell* you which the error is.

       mark
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:18 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
>> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>> > CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
>> >
>> > We have Mathematica 7.0 installed on our computer cluster, but are
>> unable
>> > to get the display to work.   The initial trademark comes up, but not
>> the
>> > rest of the application.
>> >
>> >  mathematica &
>> > [1] 2527
>> > [mdoll at ted ~]$ xset:  bad font path element (#1149), possible causes
>> are:
>> >     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>> >     Directory missing fonts.dir
>> >     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>> <snip>
>> > I have tried
>> > xset +fp
>> >
>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF
>> <snip>
>> > xset +fp
>> > /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1
>> > xset:  bad font path element (#1149), possible causes are:
>> >     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>> >     Directory missing fonts.dir
>> >     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>       ^^^^^^^^^                        ^^^^^^
>> >
>> > What's going wrong?
>>
>> That's what I think is wrong. From man xset
>> <snip>
>> [fp=pathlist] [-fp=pathlist] [+fp=pathlist] [fp-pathlist] [fp+pathlist]
>> <snip>
>> esp. since it keeps giving you its std. error message. Try
>> xset
>>
>> +fp=/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF
>>
>>       mark
>>
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