Changeset 646d9189 for x/installing

Timestamp:

07/02/2004 12:06:48 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Igor Živković <igor@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

11fcaea2

Parents:

e6f8f78

Message:

moved fontconfig x directories setup to x-setup page

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2408 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/x-setup.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

x/installing/x-setup.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <sect1 id="x-setup">
 <?dbhtml filename="xfree86-setup.html"?>
-<title>X Window Components</title>
+<title>X Window System Components</title>
 
 <sect2>
@@ -60 +60 @@
 
 <listitem><para>Ensure the <parameter>FontPath</parameter> in 
-<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>Xorg.conf</filename> contains the
+<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename> contains the
 <application>TrueType</application> font directory.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Update the font cache files</para></listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>
@@ -95 +97 @@
 
 <sect3><title>Ensure the <parameter>FontPath</parameter> in
-<filename>XF86Config</filename> points to the
+<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename> points to the
 <application>TrueType</application> font directory</title>
 <para>The "Files" section should look like:
@@ -106 +108 @@
 
 <sect3><title>Update the font cache files</title> 
+
+<para>Ensure you have the following directory entries in
+<filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>, inside the fontconfig
+tags:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e '/^&lt;\/fontconfig&gt;/i\
+&lt;dir&gt;/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF&lt;/dir&gt;\
+&lt;dir&gt;/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1&lt;/dir&gt;' /etc/fonts/local.conf</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>The <command>fc-cache</command> program will automatically search
+the above directories and all subdirectories for needed fonts.</para>
+    
 <para>Finally, to update all the font
-cache files specified in <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>, run</para>
+cache files, run</para>
 <screen><userinput><command>fc-cache</command></userinput></screen>