Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Ken Brown]

On 7/24/2020 1:19 AM, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
> On 24.07.2020 05:00, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
>> Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
>> graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm command
>> shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
>> message:
>>
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
>> [1] 1183
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - read the
>> FAQ!
>> [1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$
> 
>>
>> I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular issue.
>> Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, if it
>> is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of Cygwin
>> utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
>> "xmgrace" graphing software?
> 
> there is an entry about Fonts, and
> 
> a strace output shows that xmgrace is looking for type1 fonts on
> 
> 
> 
>    /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
> 
>    /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1
> 
> 
> 
> in the past ghostscript provided them, but not anymore,
> so I *guess* you need this workaround
> 
> 
> install "urw-base35-fonts-legacy" package
> 
> $ cd  /usr/share/grace/fonts/
> $ ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/urw-fonts type1
> 
> 
> the fonts looked by xgrace are :
> 
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/d050000l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfa
> 
> and their pfb counterpart.

This problem was reported 2 1/2 years ago, and its solution was posted here:

   https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2018-March/236345.html

The problem and solution have been rediscovered several times since then.  Maybe 
one of the xmgrace users who has reported this would be willing to adopt the 
grace package and finally fix it.

Ken