[vdr] How to change font data?

[Petri Helin]

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