[Xastir] User-selectable Fonts

[Steve Friis]

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> Earlier we had:  "Maps->Configure->Map Label Fonts" (or similar).
>
> Now in current CVS we have:  "File->Configure->Fonts"
>
> The original dialog had six map fonts that were user changeable, all
> were fonts used for drawing maps.
>
> The new dialog has three additional fonts that can be user-defined:
>
>     Menu Font
>     Station Font
>     ATV ID Font
>
> "Menu Font" is used for all the menus (like, duh!).  Eventually I
> hope to have it tied in to all the child dialogs as well.  It's best
> to keep this as a fixed-width font (see Map Chooser->Properties for
> an example, thanks Bob!).
>
> "Station Font" is used for drawing all the station text on the map,
> callsign, speed, temperature, etc.
>
> "ATV ID Font" is a very large font that gets drawn across the map
> screen for a few seconds in order to identify an ATV (fast-scan TV)
> transmission.  Change "ATV_SCREEN_ID:0" to a '1' in xastir.cnf to
> enable this (there's no GUI access for this variable).  You'll also
> see the ID string on the status line but that's a bit small for most
> cameras to pick up, therefore the large font across the map screen
> for a few seconds.
>
> Since I don't use Map Chooser->Properties all that much and can
> count columns if I need to, I've been playing with this font for
> both Menu and Station fonts:
>
>     -*-clean-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> Helvetica works pretty well too.
>
> To get back to default fonts:  Erase the font strings of interest on
> that dialog and restart Xastir.  Another method:  Shut down Xastir,
> delete the font lines in the xastir.cnf file and start it back up.
>
> If you have "xfontsel" on your machine and Xastir has it's path
> configured in (via ./configure) it's relatively easy to browse
> through your fonts to see what they look like before using them in
> Xastir.  Once you find one you want to try with "xfontsel", hit
> "select" and then "quit" to paste that string into the proper field
> in the Fonts dialog, then hit OK and restart Xastir.
>
> You may also hand-edit the font strings.  If you mess up the format
> Xastir may be unable to load your font of choice and resort to the
> default font.  In that case you should see popup dialogs and STDERR
> text to the xterm to notify you of this condition.
>
> "xfontsel" limits the possible selections for each field based on
> your current selections for all the other fields.  It's like a big
> filter for fonts.  Change back to '*' for some fields to widen your
> choices for other fields.  "xfontsel" takes some getting used to.
>
> Have fun!
>
>   
Well done Kurt. Thanks!


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