[Xastir] xfontsel

[Joseph LaFerla]

Hi Tom

Please help me because I am a bit confused.  I did not “configure and compile” xastir.  I did a sudo apt-get install xastir.  Also, I do not have an xastir directory, although there is a hidden directory in my home directory.  However there is no config.h in there.  
As well, I don’t know if the x11 utils were installed at xastir install time because it would all have been during the apt-get install process.  I can slick in the different font windows but the xfonstel buttons remain greyed out.

Is there another way of installing xastir other than what I did?  Or configuring other than File|Configure?

Joe

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From: Tom Russo
Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 6:00 PM
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
Subject: Re: [Xastir] xfontsel

On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 05:55:29PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <joe at laferla.ca> flavor, containing:
> Hi Jason
> 
> I tried to install x11-utils but it looks like I already have it loaded.  It says that my version is the latest. The xfontsel buttons are still greyed out.

Xastir must be able to find xfontsel at *configure* time in order for the
xfontsel buttons to be enabled.

If you configured and compiled xastir before installing x11-utils, you'll 
have to redo it to enable this feature.

You can check to see if configure found xfontsel by grepping for "XFONTSEL"
in your config.h file (located at the top of your build directory).  If
it doesn't say:

/* Define if you have xfontsel */
#define HAVE_XFONTSEL 1

but instead says
/* Define if you have xfontsel */
/* #undef HAVE_XFONTSEL */

then you must re-run configure, and recompile/reinstall.


> From: Jason KG4WSV
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 9:58 AM
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] xfontsel
> 
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Joseph LaFerla <joe at laferla.ca> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am running xastir on my Stretch pi and have a question about changing fonts.  I did look around the archives and googled but I still cannot get xfontsel to work.  I choose configure|fonts and the fonts window opens up and all the xfontsel buttons on the right hand side are greyed out.  I tried to do an apt-get install xfontsel but that didn???t work either.  What am I doing wrong or is this another problem with Stretch????
> 
> sounds like you may not have the x11-utils package loaded. xfontsel is
> no longer part of the default distribution on many distros.
> 
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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