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Re: CDE Fonts in Cygwin?


Rich Looke wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Could anybody tell me how to go about installing CDE fonts onto a computer
> running Cygwin? Also, I may need to know were to get the fonts because I'm
> not sure if the ones I have would work with Cygwin.
> 
> Basically, I have a little Compaq laptop running Windows ME which I have
> installed Cygwin onto. I want to use the Laptop to connect up an X session
> to a remote HPUX v10.20 workstation running CDE as it's desktop manager. So
> far I've got everything working and I can get an X session up and running
> from the remote on the laptop using the Cygwin X-Server except there aren't
> any decorations on any of the windows such as borders, title bars, click
> boxes etc.

How do you startup the XSession ?
As far as I know missing fonts doesn't cause the CDE window manager to fail.
It will just use a fallback font.
Are you using the -query HPhostname option to startup XWin ?

greets,
Staf

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