Re: [dev] st: Font problem

From: François Chaix <perso_AT_fchaix.eu>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:38:17 +0100

Le Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:17:47 +0100,
Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel_AT_gmail.com> a écrit :

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:15 PM, François Chaix <perso_AT_fchaix.eu>
> wrote:
> > I would like to report and ask for help about a problem I have
> > executing st.
> > I get this message :
> > ---
> > ego_AT_Bidule:~$ ./compil/suckless/st-0.1.1/st
> > st: missing fontset: ISO10646-1
> > st: missing fontset: JISX0201.1976-0
> > st: missing fontset: GB2312.1980-0
> > <snip>
>
> I think as long as you have ISO10646-1 of your font (which is utf8
> basically) you can ignore those "missing xxx fontset" messages. That
> being said, I hate this xfont system and I don't know much about it: I
> just got it (barely) working.
>
> > I tested to configure st with
> > #define FONT "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> > witch is the font I use in dwm (and it works, dwm find the font).
> > Same output error.
>
> See Eckehard's post.
With "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ti works. Thanks to
Eckehard. I didn't know xfontsel, thanks.
> > I am sorry if my question is a litle noob-like, but I am one…
> > I am also sorry for my possible bad english: it is not my native
> > language.
>
> T'embêtes pas avec ça ;)
Tiens, un compatriote ! :)

So, it works, st launches, but it is very slow. 1s to display a full
man page, 3s to display a ncurses-based interface (tested with mocp).
What do you think this comes from ?
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