Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct, was: post-upgrade problems

[Jon TURNEY]

Tom Roche wrote:
> Tom Roche Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:54 PM
> Jon TURNEY Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:48 PM (heavily edited)
>>> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-how-do-i-get-rid-of-xterm-menu
> 
>>> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-where-are-my-fonts
> 
> Thanks: those (and fiddling) have solved most of my problems. The one
> annoyance that remain is this:
> 
> Despite installing package=font-misc-misc (recommended by
> http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=nil2
> ) via setup.exe, everytime I start an xterm I get
>> Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
> 
> This doesn't seem to cause any functional problem, it just annoys.
> (I.e. I hafta hit Enter to get my prompt back.) Uninstalling and
> reinstalling font-misc-misc (via setup.exe) was no fix. Any
> suggestions?

Installing the font-alias package and restarting the X server or xset fp 
rehash should fix that.

I think the problem is that the font-alias package contains the alias from the 
name 'nil2' to '-misc-nil-medium-r-normal--2-20-75-75-c-10-misc-fontspecific' 
an XLFD name which matches the actual font inside the 'nil2.pcf.gz' file.

I guess this means we still aren't doing quite the right thing with the 
fonts.alias package (See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9839 
for some of the history of the why it is the way it is at the moment)

Perhaps to avoid this, xterm's setup.hint should list font-alias as a 
requirement since it names fonts defined there in it's default resources?

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