I just paid attention to this (sorry). So everything seems fine. But the
dependency on  a proprietary java stack  to generate fonts isn't good. Does
it happen to work with gcc java ?


On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Vesa Jääskeläinen <chaac@nic.fi> wrote:

> Colin D Bennett wrote:
> > Well, I don't have time right now to rewrite the converter; not for a
> > couple of weeks, at least.  I'm certainly willing to do it, so I'll get
> > to it when I can, and then we can replace the Java converter.
>
> While we wait for that I have here a counter patch for the font engine.
>
> If there are no comments about it in near term this will be committed to
> SVN.
>
> To use automatic font conversion (unifont.bdf->ascii.pf2 and
> unicode.pf2), install bf-utf-source (ubuntu and probably debian). Font
> converter uses Java temporary. So when font compilation is enable font
> converter will be compiled and executed. Otherwise Java is not needed in
> anyway. Tested with Sun Java 1.6 on x86-64.
>
> grub-mkconfig should generate new grub.cfg with changed font commands.
>
> To convert custom fonts look for ascii.pf2 in Makefile.in and use
> matching commands to convert your fonts. These will be documented on
> Wiki once committed.
>
> 2008-12-28  Colin D Bennett  <colin@gibibit.com>
>
>        New font engine.
>
>        Additional changes by Vesa Jääskeläinen <chaac@nic.fi> to adapt to
>        build system and fixed gfxterm.c to work with different sized fonts.
>
>        * configure.ac: Changed UNIFONT_HEX to UNIFONT_BDF.
>
>        * configure: Re-generated.
>
>        * DISTLIST: Removed font/manager.c.
>        Added font/font.c.
>        Added font/font_cmd.c.
>
>        * Makefile.in: Changed UNIFONT_HEX to UNIFONT_BDF.  Added Font tool
>        compilation.
>
>        * include/grub/misc.h (grub_utf8_to_ucs4): Changed prototype.
>  Changed
> users.
>
>        * kern/misc.c (grub_utf8_to_ucs4): Changed prototype.
>
>        * kern/term.c: Changed users of grub_utf8_to_ucs4.
>
>        * normal/menu.c: Likewise.
>
>        * conf/common.rmk (font_mod_SOURCES): Removed font/manager.c.
>        (font_mod_SOURCES): Added font/font_cmd.c, font/font.c.
>
>        * include/grub/font.h: Replaced with new file.
>
>        * include/grub/video.h (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_ALPHA): Changed value.
>        (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_DOUBLE_BUFFERED): Likewise.
>        (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_COLOR_MASK): Likewise.
>        (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_1BIT_BITMAP): Added.
>        (grub_video_blit_format): Added GRUB_VIDEO_BLIT_FORMAT_1BIT_PACKED.
>        (grub_video_mode_info): Added bg_red, bg_green, bg_blue, bg_alpha,
>        fg_red, fg_green, fg_blue, fg_alpha.
>        (grub_video_adapter): Removed blit_glyph.
>        (grub_video_blit_glyph): Removed.
>
>        * font/manager.c: Removed file.
>
>        * font/font.c: New file.
>
>        * font/font_cmd.c: Likewise.
>
>        * video/video.c (grub_video_blit_glyph): Removed.
>
>        * video/i386/pc/vbe.c (grub_video_vbe_map_rgb): Added 1-bit support.
>        (grub_video_vbe_map_rgba): Likewise.
>        (grub_video_vbe_unmap_color_int): Likewise.
>        (grub_video_vbe_blit_glyph): Removed.
>        (grub_video_vbe_adapter): Removed blit_glyph.
>
>        * video/i386/pc/vbeutil.c (get_data_ptr): Added 1-bit support.
>        (get_pixel): Likewise.
>        (set_pixel): Likewise.
>
>        * commands/videotest.c (grub_cmd_videotest): Added more tests for
> fonts.
>
>        * term/gfxterm.c: Adapted to new font engine.
>
>        * term/i386/pc/vesafb.c: Marked as deprecated.  Made it compile.
>
>        * term/i386/pc/vga.c: Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/BDFLoader.java: New file.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharDefs.java: Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharacterRange.java:
> Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharacterRange.java:
> Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Converter.java: Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Font.java: Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Glyph.java: Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/PFF2Sections.java:
> Likewise.
>
>        * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/PFF2Writer.java: Likewise.
>
>        * util/grub.d/00_header.in: Changed to use new loadfont command.
>
>        * util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in: Changed font extension.
>
>
>
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