From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display non-English alphabets. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:38:58 +0300 Message-ID: <87a8qd10m5.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20151117001132.557bbd8f@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54651) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zybn6-0004Pl-Ko for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:39:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zybn2-00055k-KP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:39:04 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f]:33940) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zybn2-00055f-C0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:39:00 -0500 Received: by lffu14 with SMTP id u14so1087767lff.1 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:38:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151117001132.557bbd8f@debian> (Alex Vong's message of "Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:11:32 +0800") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Vong Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Vong (2015-11-16 19:11 +0300) wrote: > From f2eac896933814a3d5a85c4c20c1407b692be1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Alex Vong > Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:57:35 +0800 > Subject: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display > non-English alphabets. > > * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Add instruction and example. > --- > doc/guix.texi | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > > diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi > index 3b6955c..dab8ab7 100644 > --- a/doc/guix.texi > +++ b/doc/guix.texi > @@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts w= ith Guix as well. > Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and > @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}. >=20=20 > +In addition, if your graphical applications display non-english alphabet= s, > +you may need to install extra font packages. > +For instance, as of 2015, to correctly display CJK fonts in @code{icecat} > +browser package, you should install @code{font-wqy-zenhei} font package. I didn't try 'font-wqy-zenhei', but there is also 'font-adobe-source-han-sans' package (thanks to =E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6= ) that "solves" Chinese, Japanese and Korean symbols I've met so far. --=20 Alex