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02/05: doc: Make 'fc-cache -rv' instructions more prominent.
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02/05: doc: Make 'fc-cache -rv' instructions more prominent. |
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Mon, 6 Apr 2020 06:08:50 -0400 (EDT) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit d636e54c270a3ff427f4f94366b5f2049808c170
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 6 10:16:28 2020 +0200
doc: Make 'fc-cache -rv' instructions more prominent.
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Move the "fc-cache" instructions
next to the Fontconfig paragraph and make the command more visible.
---
doc/guix.texi | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 12094e0..4d1acf1 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1685,6 +1685,17 @@ to display fonts, you have to install fonts with Guix as
well.
Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
@code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
+@cindex @code{fc-cache}
+@cindex font cache
+Once you have installed or removed fonts, or when you notice an
+application that does not find fonts, you may need to install Fontconfig
+and to force an update of its font cache by running:
+
+@example
+guix install fontconfig
+fc-cache -rv
+@end example
+
To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in
graphical applications, consider installing
@code{font-adobe-source-han-sans} or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}. The former
@@ -1718,13 +1729,6 @@ xset +fp $(dirname $(readlink -f
~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir)
After that, you can run @code{xlsfonts} (from @code{xlsfonts} package)
to make sure your TrueType fonts are listed there.
-@cindex @code{fc-cache}
-@cindex font cache
-After installing fonts you may have to refresh the font cache to use
-them in applications. The same applies when applications installed via
-Guix do not seem to find fonts. To force rebuilding of the font cache
-run @code{fc-cache -rv}. The @code{fc-cache} command is provided by
-the @code{fontconfig} package.
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