Re: [Devel] open file.ttf on macos 9

[David Turner]

Hello Riccardo,

I'm reading lots of e-mail from oldest to newest, sorry if there already 
was an answer to your question.

Riccardo Cohen wrote:
> Hi,
> I just downloaded freetype 2.1.3, and compiled it on macos 9 with 
> codewarrior.
> As my code warrior is old (cw10) I had to remove subdirectories in 
> #include <freetype/etc...h>, and also comment the function 
> FT_GetFile_From_Mac_Name in ftmac.h (I dont have Font Manager library).
> But compilation went all right.
>
> When I try to open a file like a MSWindows "arial.ttf" or other *.ttf , 
> here is what's happening.
>
> - in ftmac.c, FT_New_Face tries to open the font with FT_Open_Face()
> - in ftobjs.c, FT_Open_Face tests drivers
>
>     if ( ( args->flags & FT_OPEN_DRIVER ) && args->driver )
>
> - this fails of course because FT_New_Face set args with  
> args.flags=FT_OPEN_PATHNAME
> - then begins the loop on registred drivers "for ( ; cur < limit; cur++ )"
> - As cur=limit=189360284 (I did a printf), the loop never enters and 
> function exists with fail error=2
>
> I dont understand why in FT_Open_Face there is no attempt to use 
> args.pathname given ?
>
> Thanks for any information
Because this is in "ft_input_stream_new()" which is called by 
FT_Open_Face before anything else.

Hope this helps,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)