[Rd] problem expression use on X11 (PR#3661)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I modified my R build on RH8.0 to use the URW symbol font, and everything 
worked correctly, including the plotmath examples.

This suggests that the problem is in your X11 setup.  Perhaps your Type 1
font support is not turned on or not working?  (The URW fonts are Type 1.)

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> In src/modules/X11/devX11.c you will find
> 
> static char *symbolname	 = "-*-symbol-*-*-*-*-%d-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
> 
> and you might want to change the first * to adobe.
> 
> I don't think this is an R bug though: you seem to be saying that the
> -urw-symbol font on your system does not work.  It should display
> something, and if that is really a symbol font, it should display the
> correct characters.  What exactly is wrong?
> 
> There seems no way we can reproduce this.  Could you perhaps show some 
> screenshots?  (To R-devel: this is not yet known to be a bug and R-bugs 
> mangles attachments.)
> 
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 nakama at ki.rim.or.jp wrote:
> 
> > Full_Name: Ei-ji Nakama
> > Version: R-1.7.1
> > OS: Linux(vinelinux)
> > Submission from: (NULL) (219.117.236.13)
> > 
> > 
> > The list of the fonts of my machine.
> > 
> > $ xlsfonts -fn "-*-symbol-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-p-0-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-61-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-61-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-61-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-0-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-74-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-74-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-85-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-85-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-85-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-95-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-107-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-107-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-107-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-p-142-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-p-142-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-142-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-p-191-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-51-adobe-fontspecific
> > -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-51-adobe-fontspecific
> > -urw-symbol-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-urw-fontspecific
> > -urw-symbol-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-0-urw-fontspecific
> > 
> > A uws-symbol font will be read if it is going to read the adobe-symbol font.
> > But will not come out, if it is fonts other than adobe-symbol.
> > 
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> 
> 

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