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.
Martin
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
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Petri Helin