questions about xset

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

 xset +fp/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1xset:  unknown
option +fp/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1

The space is necessary.

 To remove elements from font path:
    -fp path[,path...]  fp- path[,path...]
    To prepend or append elements to font path:
    +fp path[,path...]  fp+ path[,path...]


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:

> 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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