[bug#40120] [PATCH] doc: guix.texi: Add console-font-service-type to Base Services.

[John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>]

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Hi guix,

I struggled with the console-font-service-type for a long time (mostly
becase setfont does not state you can specify a path). Documenting it
in the info pages would have helped.

Thanks!

John

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From 6a7204a6396781c1bbc1db1defee362c0a8142f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:33:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: guix.texi: Add console-font-service-type to Base
 Services.

* doc/guix.texi (console-font-service-type): Add it.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 28808b0cd5..0626beffac 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -12287,6 +12287,23 @@ symlink:
 Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}.
 @end deffn
 
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} console-font-service-type @var{tty-font-pairs}
+Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
+virtual console on the kernel Linux).  The value of this service is a list of
+tty/font pairs.  The font can be the name of a font provided by the @code{kbd}
+package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example:
+
+@lisp
+'((\"tty1\" . \"LatGrkCyr-8x16\")
+  (\"tty2\" . (file-append
+                font-tamzen
+                \"/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf\"))
+  (\"tty3\" . (file-append
+                font-terminus
+                \"/share/consolefonts/ter-132n\"))) ; for HDPI
+@end lisp
+@end deffn
+
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} login-service @var{config}
 Return a service to run login according to @var{config}, a
 @code{<login-configuration>} object, which specifies the message of the day,
-- 
2.25.1