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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: SciTeXt (font problem)
To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:34:45 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199608051810.MAA26418@clem.systemsix.com> from "Steve Passe" at Aug 5, 96 12:10:11 pm
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> > The solution that comes with it is to copy the executable to 
> > ...
> > the xset +fp solves the problem neatly.
> The problem with this solution is that it adds that path EVERY time you invoke
> scitext, ie you get:
> 
> /usr/local/scitext/fonts,/usr/local/scitext/fonts,/usr/local/scitext/fonts,...
> 
> I used a modified form to pick up the ENVIRONMENT variables, but put the
> font ref in XF86Config.

wrap the invocation with
	xset +fp ....
	invoke
	xset -fp ...
I did this with nethack (before I opted to move the nethack fonts
to ..../misc instead!