Re: with or without xft

2010/2/15 CSM 'illovae' Seldon <[email protected]>:
> Hello :)
>
> I have a little question but after, let me explain the situation.
>
> I've compiled the last RP 1.4.5 ; I've noticed a new option in the
> configure (actually I'm upgrading from RP 1.4.0 beta4) : --without-xft
>
> Because I'm not using xft fonts, I did ./configure --without-xft
> In my ~/.ratpoisonrc I have :
> set font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> which you certainly know is a fixed font. Everything's ok.

When you enable xft, I'm pretty sure you need to use the xft font
definition format, not the regular X one, above. So maybe try
"Terminus 12".

Remember, anything you put in your rc file will work on the C-t :
command prompt. That way you can quickly try different things until it
works.

-Shawn