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[bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
[bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache. |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Jul 2017 21:16:34 +0200 |
* doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Recommend rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache
when fonts are not found.
---
doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index cd694bbda..6cf20aa09 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1448,6 +1448,14 @@ xset +fp ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype
After that, you can run @code{xlsfonts} (from @code{xlsfonts} package)
to make sure your TrueType fonts are listed there.
address@hidden @code{fc-cache}
address@hidden 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 -f}. The @code{fc-cache} command is provided by the
address@hidden package.
+
@subsection X.509 Certificates
@cindex @code{nss-certs}
--
2.13.2
- [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.,
Ricardo Wurmus <=