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 21:23:59 +0300 Message-ID: <87ziycqybk.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20151117001132.557bbd8f@debian> <87mvuc7gjd.fsf@gnu.org> 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]:33766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZykvG-00073c-GD for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:24:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZykvB-00016D-G5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:24:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87mvuc7gjd.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:10:46 +0100") 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: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-11-17 19:10 +0300) wrote: > Alex Vong skribis: > >> +In addition, if your graphical applications display non-english alphabe= ts, >> +you may need to install extra font packages. >> +For instance, as of 2015, to correctly display CJK fonts in @code{iceca= t} >> +browser package, you should install @code{font-wqy-zenhei} font package. > > Alex Kost skribis: > >> 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. > > What about this: > > > diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi > index 3b6955c..61e3445 100644 > --- a/doc/guix.texi > +++ b/doc/guix.texi > @@ -1000,6 +1000,17 @@ 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 > +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 > +has multiple outputs, one per language family (@pxref{Packages with > +Multiple Outputs}). For instance, the following command installs fonts > +for Chinese languages: > + > +@example > +guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn > +@ene example Typo =E2=86=91 Otherwise, this description looks perfect for me. --=20 If I could write well, I would write something