On Apr 22, 2007, at 11:37 , Andrew Tween wrote:

> It is better to use FFI to get the known font paths from the OS.

Even better would be to have a plugin answer that platform-specific  
font search path. I'd love to see freetype rendering go into the  
default VM, but I do not want to depend on FFI for something so basic.

There has been talk about such a "system queries" plugin, it should  
provide access to other directories, too (like, where should  
preferences be stored, or pictures, etc.).

Also, there is the HostFont plugin, which has not been ported to  
other platforms than Windows. Maybe it should be extended with a  
primitive to ask for font folders.

> I don't know if it is possible to get the paths from a Linux OS  
> using FFI, hence
> the hardcoded paths.

There is no FFI way because there is no OS-wide standard. Well, the  
closest to a standard is probably fontconfig, maybe that could be  
used with FFI or a proper plugin.

- Bert -