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Re: What is the U++ way to replace a missing font glyph? [message #54311 is a reply to message #54303]

Mon, 22 June 2020 17:20

Oblivion
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Registered: August 2007

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Hello Mirek,

Quote:

Generally, it would probably be more simple to just keep the list updated...

What I have in my mind can be summarized as follows:

1) Make the same list dynamic (using a vector maybe?)
2) Accordinly, add global functions to manipulate or query the list on demand.
3) Keep the existing code as intact as possible.

Basically, it is a global list management.

For example (just to give an idea)

void AddFallbackFont()
void RemoveFallbackFont()
void InsertFallbackFont()
void ResetFallbackFonts() // Always resets the list to U++ defaults.
const Vector<>& GetFallbackFonts() // Not sure about this one, but may be used to fill font lists in UI, if needed;

Frankly I don't really care about emojis or icons. The "modern terminal emulation scene" is a very interesting and weird habitat, but what I really need is some special fallback fonts when a terminal connection requires font adjusting depending on the environment over a remote (SSH) connection, for example.

Besides U++ apps in general can benefit from this.

My main concern would be performance (though the impact of using a dynamic list should be negligable) and the potential concurrency problems these functions may bring in.

What do you think?

Best regards,
Oblivion

Github page: https://github.com/ismail-yilmaz
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