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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
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 ---- On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:16:59 -0500 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.g=
r> wrote ----
 > Sirgazil,
 >=20
 > sirgazil =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A
 > > Maybe there is a bug with the defaults (at least with the=20
 > > spacing)?
 >=20
 > Yes, although the spacing is simply a side-effect of a bad or=20
 > missing default font.  This is what variable-width (proportional)=20
 > fonts look like when rendered as fixed-width (monospace) cells.
 >=20
 > If you're lucky, GNOME is innocent, and a stale fontconfig cache=20
 > is to blame.
 >=20
 > 1. Does /var/cache/fontconfig exist?  If so, remove it (you'll=20
 > probably need sudo)
 > 2. Regardless of step 1: run =E2=80=98fc-cache -r=E2=80=99 (without sudo=
) and
 > 3. Open a new terminal[0]
 > 4. =E2=80=A6profit?

No profit.

1. fontconfig existed, I removed it
2. run "fc-cache -r"
3. Closed all terminal instances, started new, but nothing. Also restarted =
the desktop session, and nothing.

Tobias, why is it that you have to clean caches by hand on the Guix System?=
 I don't understand why the system can't do this for me...

Maybe the manual should have a troubleshooting section and we could add som=
ething there about dealing with font problems? Because, currently, the manu=
al says that you may need "fc-cache -rv" to refresh the font cache, but onl=
y when you are using Guix on a foreign distribution.