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From: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Subject: bug#36014: [PATCH] Attempt to use console-fonts not provided by kbd
 if they are installed
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:05:45 -0700
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To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 36014@debbugs.gnu.org

Ok so I tried your suggestion and it works! I=E2=80=99m so surprised but I t=
hink I=E2=80=99ll update the docs to reflect this possibility instead of the=
 current patch.

- John

> On Jul 11, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>=20
> Hi John,
>=20
> John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> skribis:
>=20
>> I looked hard at a nicer way to provide a flag to start kbd pointing to a=

>> directory or file. There is a flag to point to a file for a font which
>> could be nice. However setfont also prioritizes the current directory ove=
r
>> the kbd directory. The following patch attempts to chdir to a directory
>> where more console fonts may be installed.
>=20
> What about doing something like this in your config
>=20
>  (console-font-service "tty1"
>                        (file-append some-font-package
>                                     "/share/consolefonts/whatever"))
>=20
> ?
>=20
> Does it work for you?
>=20
> This approach has the advantage that the service doesn=E2=80=99t need to b=
e
> changed, and it doesn=E2=80=99t need to change the current directory of PI=
D 1
> either.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Ludo=E2=80=99.