From d636e54c270a3ff427f4f94366b5f2049808c170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 10:16:28 +0200 Subject: 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 12094e0feb..4d1acf1342 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. @subsection X.509 Certificates -- cgit v1.2.3