Reuben Thomas
Reuben Thomas
I'm still having exactly this problem with Racket 8.3.
I note that the hex values include ASCII codepoints likely to be present in any normal font, suggesting that DrRacket is specifically asking for a font that I don't have...
@rfindler No I haven't; what would that be likely to tell me?
@rfindler I am building! Will report back.
Identical result with Racket built from latest git master.
I get a parse error: ``` read-syntax: illegal use of `[` ``` on the first `[`.
Sorry, I haven't used DrRacket much! I thought it had auto-detected the language. After selecting the right language, the code runs and produces a box of the familiar Unicode hex...
That worked! So could the problem be that I *do* have Helvetica? ``` $ fc-list |grep Helvetica /home/rrt/.local/share/fonts/HV______.pfb: Helvetica:style=Regular /home/rrt/.fonts/HVB_____.pfb: Helvetica:style=Bold /home/rrt/.local/share/fonts/HVO_____.pfb: Helvetica:style=Oblique /home/rrt/.fonts/HVBO____.pfb: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /home/rrt/.fonts/HV______.pfb: Helvetica:style=Regular /home/rrt/.local/share/fonts/HVB_____.pfb: Helvetica:style=Bold...
Does not include Helvetica, despite my having it installed and found by `fontconfig`! ``` > (get-face-list) '("10.15 Saturday Night BRK" "10.15 Saturday Night R BRK" "18 Holes BRK" "36 days...
Coming back to Racket for the first time in a while, and I see that the issue is still open (and version 8.5 still has the problem). Is there something...