Re: fc-cache -f --> fc-cache -fv in the manual

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Joshua,

Joshua Branson 写道：
> This is a tiny documentation fix.  When I was having trouble a 
> few
> days ago getting Icecat to display my fonts, I checked the 
> manual and
> ran the command "fc-cache -f".  It did successfully run, but I 
> did not
> see any indication that it did anything.  So I ran it 
> repeatedly.

Such is the Unix way.  You're supposed to feel the 0 in the air, 
or something.

> Perhaps we should add the verbose option.  This will signal to 
> users
> that the command is updating the font cache.
>
> I also went ahead and changed command in the translated manuals 
> as well.

While that probably works, we don't usually do this and it 
significantly bloats the diff.  Don't bother.

Otherwise (and with a commit message) fine by me!  This will also 
warn about problematic things like

 /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory

although they will be so buried in the output that nobody will see 
'em.

Does you/anyone know if it would be useful to recommend ‘-rv’ 
instead of ‘-fv’?  I always use ‘-r’: where ‘-f’ rewrites 
all cache files whether or not they are considered out of date, 
‘-r’ also deletes them first, for good measure.  I don't know 
whether it makes a difference in the real world.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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