Error when starting makepad from another folder

[makepad]

Error when starting makepad from another folder

[makepaddev]

Right now we don't have a fix for that, but we are working on deploying via cargo, which will solve this problem. For now patch up some paths, but it'l be fixed in the next release.

[Eragonfr]

Where is defined these path ? In which file ?

[makepaddev]

Right now in widget/src/widgetstyle.rs you see 2 font paths. Try making those absolute.

[rsaccon]

I got around this current problem by adding a resources folder containing the font files a the root of my project.

[makepaddev]

That works too. We'll fix this nicely soon with makepad released on crates.io.

[teohhanhui]

Just want to note that deploying the resources directory alongside the binary is not a solution, as it goes against (most?) packaging guidelines.

Ran into this issue while creating an AUR package. For now I'll patch.

[makepaddev]

It's not nice no, but i need some place to get the font files. So there will need to be a resources/fonts directory somewhere.

[Eragonfr]

Is it possible to change the font to use the system fonts ? On linux it's something like /usr/share/fonts/… using a patch file you can temporary change the code to use a system folder.
I'v searched where are the references to this folder inside the code, if i remember this folder is referenced only 2 or three times.

Also it can be a great idea to set the font/resources folder inside a str or a String somewhere in the code, so it's simple to change the location of this folder.

EDIT: misconstruction of my comment, sorry

[makepaddev]

Yea thats a possibility. I'll review it next iteration when we push to crates.io, its been on the todo list.

[teohhanhui]

there will need to be a resources/fonts directory somewhere.

Sure, but it needs to respect the system directories. On Arch Linux this would be /usr/share/makepad: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_package_guidelines#Directories

There's https://crates.io/crates/dirs which can help with finding the right directories.

[makepaddev]

Also relying on system fonts is a road to hell though. Its going to be different on every platform, or not work at all.

[makepaddev]

Thanks that seems useful, i'll use that when we fix that bit up.