Re: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display non-English alphabets.

[Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> 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 with Guix as well.
>  Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
>  @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
>
> +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
Perhaps we could change `or` to `and/or`, since some packages only
work with one font but not another, e.g. Icecat.

> +has multiple outputs, one per language family (@pxref{Packages with
> +Multiple Outputs}).  For instance, the following command installs fonts
> +for Chinese languages:
There are two sets of Chinese characters, Simplified Chinese and
Traditional Chinese. cn is Simplified Chinese used in Mainland and tw
is Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan/HK/Macau. So I think `Chinese
Language` should be changed to `Simplified Chinese`, what is your
idea?

> +
> +@example
> +guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn
> +@ene example
> +
>  @c TODO What else?
>

Otherwise, this looks great to me as well.

Cheers,
Alex