Author: dnicholson
Date: 2006-03-28 08:03:45 -0700 (Tue, 28 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 5766
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
Suppress X font paths in Fontconfig
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml 2006-03-28 14:59:36 UTC (rev
5765)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml 2006-03-28 15:03:45 UTC (rev
5766)
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will
fail.</para>
</note>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/></bridgehead>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
@@ -90,8 +93,9 @@
<para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the
following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs \
- --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
+ --disable-docs --without-add-fonts \
+ --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;&&
make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
@@ -117,6 +121,10 @@
the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
documentation).</para>
+ <para><parameter>--without-add-fonts</parameter>: This switch disables
+ the automatic search for X Window System fonts which, if found, may
+ confuse some applications.</para>
+
<para><parameter>--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</parameter>:
Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding
parameter to the <command>configure</command> command, it is used so that
@@ -172,6 +180,15 @@
<primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
</indexterm>
+ <para>More information about configuring
+ <application>Fontconfig</application> can be found in the user's manual
+ at <ulink url="http://fontconfig.org/fontconfig-user.html"/>. There are
+ additional configuration files shipped with
+ <application>Fontconfig</application> in <filename
+ class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename> that will be enabled
+ if their names begin with 2 numbers, e.g.,
+ <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-autohint.conf</filename>.</para>
+
<note>
<para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-28 14:59:36 UTC
(rev 5765)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-28 15:03:45 UTC
(rev 5766)
@@ -45,9 +45,15 @@
<para>March 28th, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dnicholson] - Added --without-add-fonts back into Fontconfig
+ with a different note describing it's use. Added more information
+ about configuring Fontconfig and a link to the user's manual.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[dnicholson] - Reworked the fonts section of X Window System
Components. Added detailed description of both font services and
- more links to available fonts.</para>
+ more links to available fonts. Thanks to Alexander Patrakov, Andrew
+ Benton, Bruce Dubbs and Ken Moffat for their contributions.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>[dnicholson] - Added commands to make only TrueType fonts
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