Configuring Reflection X

Accessing Fonts on a Remote HP-UX System

To access fonts on a remote file system, you must create a network drive to mount the remote file system on your PC. You may choose to mount only the /opt/softbench/fonts directory from the HP-UX system. This allows you to use shorter file paths, and it also minimizes any security concerns of allowing PC users access to the entire HP-UX file system.

After you have created the network drive, you can add the SoftBench font directories to your Reflection X font path. You can do this either by configuring each PC, or by specifying the new font path on HP-UX.

To change the font path on the PC: In addition to any font directories required by your other applications, you should add the following font directories, in this order:

E:pcfonts\reflection\iso_8859.1
E:hp_roman8\75dpi
C:\Program Files\Reflection\Fonts\misc

This assumes that you have mounted /opt/softbench/fonts onto drive E:, and that the standard "Misc" font directory supplied by Reflection X is installed under "C:\Program Files\Reflection\Fonts".

You can add these fonts to your font path using the Reflection X font settings manager.

To change the font path on HP-UX: If you prefer not to modify every PC's configuration, you can add the directories to the X font path on the HP-UX side using the xset command:

xset +fp E:pcfonts/reflection/iso_8859.1,E:hp_roman8/75dpi

(Notice the use of Unix-style "forward slashes" for this command.)

The xset command must be executed after you start mwm or other window manager.

Each SoftBench user can add this command to his or her X startup script. If you prefer, you could create a SoftBench startup script that adds the font paths and then starts SoftBench. This allows you to handle all X font issues in one location. Be aware that the "xset +fp" command adds the fonts to the start of the font path. You may want to use the "xset fp=" command to avoid adding the fonts to the font path each time the user runs SoftBench in an X session.

When you have added these directories to your font path, you can restart Reflection X to activate the new fonts.

Installing Reflection X Fonts Locally

If you prefer not to access the SoftBench fonts across the network, you can install them onto each PC. Copy the file /opt/softbench/fonts/pcfonts/reflect.zip to your PC, and unpack it in the Reflection X root directory, which is normally "C:\Program Files\Reflection".

After unpacking the zip file, use the Reflection X font settings manager to add these directories to your font path. Assuming the "Font Directory" is set to "C:\Program Files\Reflection\Fonts" (or wherever your Reflection X fonts are located), enter these directories in the "Font Path" field:

	hp_roman8
	x11-iso
	Misc

When you are through, restart Reflection X to activate the new fonts.