I think I have created a work-around for the Linux Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at vertical bars. You have to delete that directory again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may want to use fonts from this directory, so they get screwed up.
It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font, from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot find the appropriate font in any previously searched directories.
So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San Serif font from the user's directory, instead of the system directory.
Issue this command from a terminal (you don't have to be root)
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts directory. If you do not, run "locate Arial.TTF" and see if you can find it on your system. It doesn't matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF font.
Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should display the menu characters correctly.
If you have problems, PM me and I'll try to help.
Anything on this for a Mac?
Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
Anders Landenstad
9 feb 2011 kl. 15.25 skrev Andy:
···
I think I have created a work-around for the Linux Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at vertical bars. You have to delete that directory again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may want to use fonts from this directory, so they get screwed up.
It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font, from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot find the appropriate font in any previously searched directories.
So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San Serif font from the user’s directory, instead of the system directory.
Issue this command from a terminal (you don’t have to be root)
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts directory. If you do not, run “locate Arial.TTF” and see if you can find it on your system. It doesn’t matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF font.
Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should display the menu characters correctly.
If you have problems, PM me and I’ll try to help.
What’s the issues using Sailwave in the Mac
emulator Anders?
Regards,
···
Colin J
www.sailwave.com
Anything on this for a Mac?
Regards / V�nliga h�lsningar
Anders Landenstad
9 feb 2011 kl. 15.25 skrev Andy:
I think I have created a work-around for the Linux
Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a
Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the
Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is
recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some
of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at
vertical bars. You have to delete that directory
again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may
want to use fonts from this directory, so they get
screwed up.
It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font,
from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot
find the appropriate font in any previously searched
directories.
So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San
Serif font from the user’s directory, instead of the
system directory.
Issue this command from a terminal (you don't have to
be root)
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts
directory. If you do not, run “locate Arial.TTF” and
see if you can find it on your system. It doesn’t
matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF
font.
Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of
using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts
directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should
display the menu characters correctly.
If you have problems, PM me and I'll try to help.
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this message.
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02/09/11
Hi Colin,
I really would like to get rid of Windows XP on my Mac. Only use it for Sailwave.
Windows XP is running under Parallels Desktop and works fine except it consumes lots of memory and slow down the computer.
What I really would like to do is using Wine under Mac for Sailwave and yes it works similar to Linux. As I am a newbie on Mac I still struggle to find the “font” issue. To make it short:
Sailwave runs under Wine for Mac but you have always to make one extra click for activating the dialog box and after that you can change input. But the “old font problem” with vertical lines instead of characters still excist.
But the best solution would be a real Mac version of Sailwave 
Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
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Anders Landenstad
Backabovägen 52D
SE-371 46 KARLSKRONA
Phone: +46 733 277 007
Skype: anders.landenstad
E-mail: anders@landenstad.se
10 feb 2011 kl. 07.05 skrev Colin Jenkins:
···
Colin J
www.sailwave.com
Anything on this for a Mac?
Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
Anders Landenstad
9 feb 2011 kl. 15.25 skrev Andy:
I think I have created a work-around for the Linux
Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a
Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the
Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is
recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some
of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at
vertical bars. You have to delete that directory
again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may
want to use fonts from this directory, so they get
screwed up.
It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font,
from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot
find the appropriate font in any previously searched
directories.
So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San
Serif font from the user’s directory, instead of the
system directory.
Issue this command from a terminal (you don't have to
be root)
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts
directory. If you do not, run “locate Arial.TTF” and
see if you can find it on your system. It doesn’t
matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF
font.
Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of
using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts
directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should
display the menu characters correctly.
If you have problems, PM me and I'll try to help.
No virus found in
this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3432 - Release Date:
02/09/11
Hi,
I am also a Mac user and now I have a new MacBook Air and do not want to download any windows over the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Since I am not a computer guru I have difficulties to understand the explanation, so please explain me in details how to use Sailwave with the Office for Mac. It is some way it is a Windows that’s why I even ask for such a stupid question, if it is that stupid.
Thanks in advance:Zsolt
Zsolt Regenyi
zsolt.regenyi@gmail.com
+36703652485
1 941 735 6568
···
Colin J
www.sailwave.com
Anything on this for a Mac?
Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
Anders Landenstad
9 feb 2011 kl. 15.25 skrev Andy:
I think I have created a work-around for the Linux
Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a
Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the
Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is
recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some
of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at
vertical bars. You have to delete that directory
again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may
want to use fonts from this directory, so they get
screwed up.
It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font,
from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot
find the appropriate font in any previously searched
directories.
So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San
Serif font from the user’s directory, instead of the
system directory.
Issue this command from a terminal (you don't have to
be root)
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts
directory. If you do not, run “locate Arial.TTF” and
see if you can find it on your system. It doesn’t
matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF
font.
Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of
using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts
directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should
display the menu characters correctly.
If you have problems, PM me and I'll try to help.
No virus found in
this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3432 - Release Date:
02/09/11
If you open a terminal, does the command "cd /usr/share/wine/fonts" work?
Don't know much about the directory structure of MacOS, but I know that it is based on FreeBSD, which has a UNIX style directory structure. If you can find /usr/share/wine/fonts, try the command "mv /usr/share/wine/fonts /usr/share/wine/fonts-old" and try Sailwave again.
···
--- In sailwave@yahoogroups.com, Anders Landenstad <anders@...> wrote:
Hi Colin,
I really would like to get rid of Windows XP on my Mac. Only use it for Sailwave.
Windows XP is running under Parallels Desktop and works fine except it consumes lots of memory and slow down the computer.
What I really would like to do is using Wine under Mac for Sailwave and yes it works similar to Linux. As I am a newbie on Mac I still struggle to find the "font" issue. To make it short:
Sailwave runs under Wine for Mac but you have always to make one extra click for activating the dialog box and after that you can change input. But the "old font problem" with vertical lines instead of characters still excist.
But the best solution would be a real Mac version of Sailwave
Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
Anders Landenstad
Backabovägen 52D
SE-371 46 KARLSKRONA
Phone: +46 733 277 007
Skype: anders.landenstad
E-mail: anders@...
10 feb 2011 kl. 07.05 skrev Colin Jenkins:
> What's the issues using Sailwave in the Mac emulator Anders?
>
> Regards,
> Colin J
> www.sailwave.com
>
> On 09/02/2011 17:18, Anders Landenstad wrote:
>>
>> Anything on this for a Mac?
>>
>> Regards / Vänliga hälsningar
>> Anders Landenstad
>>
>>
>>
>> 9 feb 2011 kl. 15.25 skrev Andy:
>>
>>>
>>> I think I have created a work-around for the Linux Wine font problem - one that is persistent through a Wine update. Previously, if Linux did an update of the Wine program, the folder /usr/share/wine/fonts is recreated with the San Serif font, which causes some of the fields in the Sailwave menu to show up at vertical bars. You have to delete that directory again. The issue is that some other Wine programs may want to use fonts from this directory, so they get screwed up.
>>>
>>> It turns out that Wine defaults to San Serif font, from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory if it cannot find the appropriate font in any previously searched directories.
>>>
>>> So the trick is to give Wine what it thinks is a San Serif font from the user's directory, instead of the system directory.
>>>
>>> Issue this command from a terminal (you don't have to be root)
>>>
>>> ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
>>>
>>> This assumes you have Arial.TTF in your Wine fonts directory. If you do not, run "locate Arial.TTF" and see if you can find it on your system. It doesn't matter which font you use, as long as it is a TTF font.
>>>
>>> Now Wine will use this font as sserife.fon, instead of using the one from the /usr/share/wine/fonts directory. Next time you run SailWave, it should display the menu characters correctly.
>>>
>>> If you have problems, PM me and I'll try to help.
>>>
>>
>> No virus found in this message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3432 - Release Date: 02/09/11
>>
>
>