Re: Initial installation woes. No text in examples.

[Adam Fedor]

On Apr 1, 2004, at 6:47 PM, Jim wrote:

> On 04/01/04 13:29:48, Jim wrote:
> > I followed exactly the procedure described by Dennis Leeuw at:
> > http://gnustep.made-it.com/BuildGuide/
> > Each step was followed exactly and command were cut and pasted.
> > I downloaded gnustep-examples.0.9.7.tar.gz.
> > Running make for instance on Finger results in Finger.app etc.
> > When run, the main window appears with the graphic buttons.
> > However, there is no text anywhere. Not in the main window. Not
> > in the menu.
> > This happens with all the example programs.
> > If anyone can tell me what I've done incorrectly I'd appreciate it.
> > Jim
>
> To answer my own problem:
>
> The instructions for building gnustep-back are for both xlib and art.
> Step #3 says to set the default backend to art. As soon as I went into
> ~/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults and changed the backend to xlib
> it all worked.

You have to install Font packages for the art backend. Did the 
instructions say to do that?  I would think art would give some kind of 
warning, but maybe it doesn't I'll have to test that out...