Appendix D Using SoftBench on X Terminals and PC X Servers

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SoftBench requires a number of special fonts to support all its functions. When you run SoftBench on an HP-UX workstation, your X server finds the necessary fonts under the /opt/softbench/fonts directory.

However, if you use an X terminal or PC-based X server software, your display will not find the necessary fonts. SoftBench issues font errors and warnings to notify you of the problem. You can use SoftBench in this state, but some text will not display properly. To achieve the optimal behavior in SoftBench, you must configure your X terminal or PC X server so it can find the fonts.

The steps required are different for each type of X display. These instructions cover only X terminals and the Reflection® X, Exceed® and PC-Xware® PC X servers.

There are three approaches:

Configure a font server. The X window system supports a concept called "font servers" that allows X displays to retrieve fonts from a remote system instead of from a local directory. If you set up a font server and configure it to export the fonts found under /opt/softbench/fonts, then all X displays can access the SoftBench fonts through the server. See fs(1M) for details.
This approach works for all types of X displays. It can be the least-effort solution, especially if you already use a font server. The only configuration needed on the X displays is to specify the location of the font server.
Access the font files across the network as if they were installed locally. Most X terminals support remote file access like this. On a PC, you must create a network drive and configure the X server to look for its fonts in the remote directory. This approach works with X terminals and with Reflection X. Exceed and PC-Xware cannot access the Unix-format X fonts directly from an HP-UX system.
Install customized font files onto the PC. This requires the most configuration effort on each PC, but it may have better performance.

When you have correctly configured your X display using one of the above options, you should not see any font errors when running SoftBench, either in stdout or in dialog boxes, with one exception. On all PC X servers, a warning dialog may appear when you first start SoftBench Online Help. This warning can be ignored.

For the latest fonts and font information, refer to the URL:

http://devresource.hp.com/softbench

Appendix D Using SoftBench on X Terminals and PC X Servers

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