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Re: Where can I find xf86config
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:21:37 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: Where can I find xf86config
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Rick Owen wrote:
> Sylvan,
>
> Thanks for the quick answer. I'm looking at the directions for installing a
> font designed for nedit. The last instruction says
>
> If you like the font, edit the XF86Config file and add the new subdirectory
> there. The fonts will be available the next time you start a X session.
>
> I don't know enought about X and cygwin to know if I need to do that. That is
> why I was looking for XF86config. The instructions I was following are at:
The XF86Config file is not installed by default since it's not needed for
XWin. But you can get a sample from
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/XF86Config.bz2
unpack it and place it in /etc/X11/XF86Config. There you can add the nedit
fontdirectory.
@Harold: Can you include the sample file in the 4.3.0 release when you'll
pack it?
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