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On 07/05/2013 08:37 AM, James Cloos wrote:
> While making it easier for those who want all of their fonts
> included in the x11 server-side font list is not an unreasonable
> goal, forcing them to be is unreasonable.
>
> As someone who has run X11 regularly for over 20 years now, I
> absolutely do not want any type1 or SFNT fonts in my x server font
> path. Any app I use these days with such fonts supports
> client-side fonts. For the apps which require server-side fonts,
> the bfd fonts suit best.
Ok, so optional enabled (opt-in) it will be.
> Putting all of /usr/share/fonts into the fontpath will only slow
> the X11 startup.
By which amount?
> I'd suggest either an eselect(1) driven applet to let one choose
> which directories to add to a single .d conf file, or perhaps a
> non-gentoo- specific gui app to do so. Either of those would
> provide exactly the right sort of configuation assistance for users
> who are not comfortable editing their configs in text editors.
It's not the editing of config files that concerns me, it's the need
to do so after every font installation, and keep it in sync with
installation.
What do you and Ryan think about naming the suggested file
xorg.conf.d/90-font.conf.${suffix}, add :pri=50 to every line,
so users who want it can symlink it to .conf to be loaded.
With suffix:=all or gentoo-all-fonts
User edits in .conf.in could set other priorities.
Would that be ok?
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Michael Weber
Gentoo Developer
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mailto: Michael Weber <[email protected]>
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