[plt-scheme] lambda/03bb display on linux

I wish I could be more help here -- the thing I thought to try
checking for was the presence of the "good" font rendering library,
but I can't for the life of me remember its name. libcairo is the one
for the better drawing routines and I think they work together.

I see that libcairo is not enabled. Maybe trying installing that
library and then looking for "no" in the configure script. (You might
only need to install the headers -- the "-dev" or "-devel" version of
the package.)

hth,
Robby

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle
<spdegabrielle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
>  The font is '-adobe courier' there are a number of others available,
>  but none display the lambda character
>
>  There is no mention of font in my log of configure.(attached)
>
>  S.
>
>
>
>  On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>  > When you ran "configure" as part of the build process, did it find the
>  >  font libraries?
>  >
>  >  Robby
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle
>  >  <spdegabrielle at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > Thanks, that generates a character but it is just a dotted square -
>  >  >  rather than λ
>  >  >  I think I'm missing the glyph from the character set drscheme (and X
>  >  >  is defaulting too)
>  >  >
>  >  >  s.
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > control backslash works for me.
>  >  >  > look in the edit-keybindings-show active keybindings menu.
>  >  >  > Jos
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
>  >  >  > From: Stephen De Gabrielle
>  >  >  > To: PLT-list
>  >  >  > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:27 AM
>  >  >  > Subject: [plt-scheme] lambda/03bb display on linux
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Sorry, this is not a plt scheme specific question, but
>  >  >  > I am new to building it on linux (specifically eee xandros debian),
>  >  >  > and I can't work out how to get the lambda glyph to display in DrScheme.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Has anybody resolved this?
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Cheers,
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Stephen
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
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