[bug-pcl] Error when tyring to run pcl6

[Henry Stiles]

Stephen C Manga wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have downloaded ghostpcl_1.41.tar.bz2 and managed to build the 
> product on a Solaris 9 box with GCC.
>
> Problems:
>
>     * The README file is wrong it tells you to make fonts and then
>       make pcl6. There is no rule to make pcl6.
>     * When making fonts (make fonts) it tries to create a directory
>       under root /windows/fonts. I have had to alter the make file to
>       use ./windows/fonts (eg make a directory under the current
>       directory rather than under root). This may have led to the
>       third problem....
>     * Now when trying to run the program creating a pdf with:
>
>       $myobj/pcl6 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=stevepcl.pdf steve.pcl
>       I get the following error message....
>
>             No built-in fonts found during initialization
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Stephen C Manga
> Support Manager
> QUANTA SYSTEMS LTD
> DDI 302-3775, Fax 302-3784
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Patch for the readme, thanks for the feedback.

===================================================================
--- README    (revision 2381)
+++ README    (working copy)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 before each command.
 
 1. make fonts  # installs truetype fonts.
-2. make pcl6   # use make debug for a diagnostic system.
+2. make        # use make debug for a diagnostic system.
 3. make test   # run a pcl and pxl job using the default display device.
 4. make install
 
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@
 make PL_SCALER=ufst ...# build with the AGFA Font Scaler.
 
 We recommend doing a clean make prior to the changing the font scaler.
+
+The default location for the fonts is /windows/fonts.  If the fonts
+are placed in another location the environment variable PCLFONTSOURCE
+must be set accordingly.  See the documentation for more details.