From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51525) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvE2-0002c0-L4 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:17:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDy-000711-Gn for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:17:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55471) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDy-00070c-Dn for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:17:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDy-0006Sh-5O for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:17:02 -0400 Subject: [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51493) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDk-0002bh-7v for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:16:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDg-0006p1-3V for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:16:48 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21088) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dTvDf-0006ov-Rr for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:16:44 -0400 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 21:16:34 +0200 Message-Id: <20170708191634.2687-1-rekado@elephly.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 27626@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: Ricardo Wurmus * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Recommend rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache when fonts are not found. --- doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cd694bbda..6cf20aa09 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1448,6 +1448,14 @@ xset +fp ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype After that, you can run @code{xlsfonts} (from @code{xlsfonts} package) to make sure your TrueType fonts are listed there. +@cindex @code{fc-cache} +@cindex font cache +After installing fonts you may have to refresh the font cache to use +them in applications. The same applies when applications installed via +Guix do not seem to find fonts. To force rebuilding of the font cache +run @code{fc-cache -f}. The @code{fc-cache} command is provided by the +@code{fontconfig} package. + @subsection X.509 Certificates @cindex @code{nss-certs} -- 2.13.2