From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display non-English alphabets. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 02:28:44 +0800 Message-ID: References: <20151117001132.557bbd8f@debian> <87a8qd10m5.fsf@gmail.com> 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]:34599) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zykzp-0000kt-CX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:28:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zykzk-00028V-L6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:28:49 -0500 Received: from mail-ig0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22c]:33633) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zykzk-00028A-G8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:28:44 -0500 Received: by igvi2 with SMTP id i2so102698340igv.0 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:28:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87a8qd10m5.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi, On 17/11/2015, Alex Kost wrote: > Alex Vong (2015-11-16 19:11 +0300) wrote: > >> From f2eac896933814a3d5a85c4c20c1407b692be1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Alex Vong >> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:57:35 +0800 >> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display >> non-English alphabets. >> >> * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Add instruction and example. >> --- >> doc/guix.texi | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> >> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi >> index 3b6955c..dab8ab7 100644 >> --- a/doc/guix.texi >> +++ b/doc/guix.texi >> @@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts >> with Guix as well. >> Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, an= d >> @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}. >> >> +In addition, if your graphical applications display non-english >> alphabets, >> +you may need to install extra font packages. >> +For instance, as of 2015, to correctly display CJK fonts in >> @code{icecat} >> +browser package, you should install @code{font-wqy-zenhei} font package= . > > 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. > I did tried `guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans`, but it didn't work for icecat. I have tried it just now to remove `font-wqy-zenhei` and install `font-adobe-source-han-sans`, but it doesn't work for icecat. I guess it is because `font-adobe-source-han-sans` is probably too new. Well, it was invented in 2014 ... > -- > Alex > Cheers, Alex