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* [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.
@ 2017-07-08 19:16 Ricardo Wurmus
       [not found] ` <handler.27626.B.149954141824824.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
  2017-07-10 10:31 ` [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2017-07-08 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 27626; +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

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* bug#27626: Acknowledgement ([PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.)
       [not found] ` <handler.27626.B.149954141824824.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
@ 2017-07-09 15:16   ` Ricardo Wurmus
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From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2017-07-09 15:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 27626-done

Pushed to master with commit e5942cbfa488486ed846dd526e5867556442fbb3.

-- 
Ricardo

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* [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.
  2017-07-08 19:16 [bug#27626] [PATCH] doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache Ricardo Wurmus
       [not found] ` <handler.27626.B.149954141824824.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
@ 2017-07-10 10:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2017-07-10 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: 27626-done

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Recommend rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache
> when fonts are not found.

This patch was applied and I think it’s a good idea, thanks!

Ludo’.

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