Workaround for PSX DESR #84
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| FontMFile = open("rom0:FONTM", O_RDONLY); | ||
| if(FontMFile < 0) | ||
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| FontMFile = open("mc0:FONTM", O_RDONLY); |
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Wouldn't it be better to use a relative path?
Just saying
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It is not safe to rely on CWD inside library as current working dir can randomly change during library use but call to the FONTM should remain intact.
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But do you close and open the file? If the file is left opened, changes to CWD in libc later on during runtime should not matter.
Personally, I feel that it should be the software engineer's responsibility that the files are accessible where it matters.
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oh, totally forgot about closing
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Given that this file technically belongs to the OSD (which the PSX does not have, thus the file is absent), why not consider the use of another font library like FreeType? You would be also free to choose whatever font you want, which is also required to enable the use of additional languages. Is the aim purely about making the fontm library work on more hardware? I think that is fine too. |
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Currently the aim is to provide at least something for DESR users to get rid of crashing applications, its pure workaround for projects that heavily rely on FONTM usage. But yes , seeing open source alternative for FONTM would be nice. P.S. made a mistkae, will try to fix it today. |
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KROM could be another alternative font file, and is also on DESR and PS3 PS2 emulator |
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At some point, I used KROM. It is ugly and has a different format from FONTM. If code changes can be made, I would suggest not coupling the app with some board-specific file. I believe that AKuHAK's motivation is to provide a drop-in solution for apps that were made to use FONTM, but there is no desire to rework said apps to use a different font-rendering library. |
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