Martin Prochnow wrote: >>>>> Is it possible to change font data directly in code or do I have to >>>>> create my own true type font containing the icons? >>> the best aproach IMHO would be an API in VDR that allows you to "nail" >>> custom glyphs into the glyph cache. though this could lead to problems >>> if multiple plugins overwrite the same codepoints in the cache. using a >>> custom font would work too but you would force every user of your >>> plugin to use that font. making a ttf font is no fun either. maybe >>> there should be some way to mix cOsd::Bitmap with normal text? >> Messing with the fonts is not a good idea, IMHO. > > It works for VDR 1.4.x ;-) > >> I'll see about a method to add icons to the menu items. >> However, this has veeery low priority ;-) > > So my only option for now is a true type font containing the icons. Or > maybe to create a skin plugin that can displays the icons. > Hi Martin, I just wanted to say that the ExtRecMenu is such a great plugin that I hope you will not let the font problem be a show stopper and not release a new version of the plugin. I am currently using ExtRecMenu v1.1 with VDR 1.5.15 and I just switched the special characters to regular characters (well, I left the folder character in tact since the "box" which is a result of a unknown character resembles a folder...) i.e. for recording being cut I use 'L' which is the first character of the Finnish word for being cut and so on. -Petri _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
