Re: [Freetype] Freetype 2.1.3 Mac bugs

[Werner LEMBERG]

Same question, Paul: Is this still valid?

> Updated to 2.1.3 (from 2.0.8) and found some Mac bugs. One has crept
> in since 2.0.8, and one has been there for a long time.
>
> 1. file_spec_from_path() for TARGET_API_MAC_CARBON is broken.
>
> FSPathMakeRef() takes a pascal string (as most, if not all, Mac path
> functions do), but a C string is passed to it. So it always fails.
>
> The NON-carbon code there works for both cases, so the
> TARGET_API_MAX_CARBON code should be removed. The new function
> should just be:
>
>    /* Given a pathname, fill in a file spec. */
>    static int
>    file_spec_from_path( const char*  pathname,
>                         FSSpec*      spec )
>    {
>      Str255    p_path;
>      FT_ULong  path_len;
>
>
>      /* convert path to a pascal string */
>      path_len = ft_strlen( pathname );
>      if ( path_len > 255 )
>        return -1;
>      p_path[0] = (unsigned char)path_len;
>      ft_strncpy( (char*)p_path + 1, pathname, path_len );
>
>      if ( FSMakeFSSpec( 0, 0, p_path, spec ) != noErr )
>        return -1;
>      else
>        return 0;
>    }
>
>
> 2. multi-resource .dfont files dont seem to work. If I try to load
> the second or third FOND from a dfont file (like Helvetica.dfont,
> etc) to get the Bold or Italic versions, it doesn't work for some
> reason. I'm looking into this now.


    Werner