Re: [Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf
Around 22 o'clock on Feb 8, Mike FABIAN wrote: > To make it possible to override as much as possible of > the global settings in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf with user > preferences in ~/.fonts.conf, it seems to be better > to put the line The subtleties of the contents of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf appear to be lost here. The placement of the include of ~/.fonts.conf is intended to carefully allow overriding of all of the values in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. In particular, because aliases insert names directly ahead of the matching family, the sequence: sans-serif Arial ... sans-serif Nimbus Sans results in the family list Arial,Nimbus Sans,sans-serif As you see, in this case the users preferred font (arial) takes precedence over the system default. That's the bulk of the configuration below the include of ~/.fonts.conf. The only other rules below ~/.fonts.conf are to map PostScript families to TrueType "equivalents". Perhaps those should be moved above the include, I don't have a strong opinion. -keith ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
[Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf
James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B: (B (B> Mike FABIAN wrote: (B>> James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B: (B>> (B>>>Mike FABIAN wrote: (B>>> (BI wonder where in /etc/fonts.fonts.conf exactly is the best (Bplace to put the include statement for ~/.fonts.conf. (BIt cannot be at the very end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf because (Bthen the following would not work: (B>>> (B>>>Put it at the end of the list starting with: (B>>> (B>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts (B>> But if ~/.fonts.conf is included there (i.e. very early in (B>> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf), it is not possible to override the rules from (B>> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf in the personal ~/.font.conf file. (B>> (B> I appear to need more sleep as I have given the correct answer, but it (B> sappers to be for the wrong question -- not the one which you asked. (B> (B> Doesn't you: "fonts.conf" file already have the line: (B> (B> ~/.fonts.conf (B> (B> in it? (B (BYes, it is already there in the /etc/fonts/fonts.conf (Bfrom XFree86 CVS. But it is included rather close to (Bthe top of fonts.conf and followed by many rules. (BI experimented a bit and it appears to me, that I cannot (Boverride these rules by anything I write into ~/.fonts.conf (Bbecause the rule which comes last always wins. (B (BTo make it possible to override as much as possible of (Bthe global settings in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf with user (Bpreferences in ~/.fonts.conf, it seems to be better (Bto put the line (B (B~/.fonts.conf (B (Bat the end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. (B (BObviously rules which depend on special settings in ~/.fonts.conf (Bmust follow below the line (B (B~/.fonts.conf (B (Bfor example Keith's trick with "prefer_outlines". (B (BBut I couldn't find a reason to put anything else below this line, (Btherefore I wondered why it isn't already close to the bottom in (BXFree86 CVS and whether that should be changed. (B (BOr am I overlooking something? (B (B-- (BMike Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.suse.de/~mfabian $B?gL2ITB-$O;E;v$NE($@!#(B (B___ (BFonts mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhttp://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
RE: [Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf
It is based on your XF86Config file. In that file you set the font path or pointer to external font file Or a font server on the network. -- Atul -Original Message- From: James Richard Tyrer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf Mike FABIAN wrote: > James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B: > > >>Mike FABIAN wrote: >> >>>I wonder where in /etc/fonts.fonts.conf exactly is the best >>>place to put the include statement for ~/.fonts.conf. >>>It cannot be at the very end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf because >>>then the following would not work: >> >>Put it at the end of the list starting with: >> >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > > > But if ~/.fonts.conf is included there (i.e. very early in > /etc/fonts/fonts.conf), it is not possible to override the rules from > /etc/fonts/fonts.conf in the personal ~/.font.conf file. > I appear to need more sleep as I have given the correct answer, but it sappers to be for the wrong question -- not the one which you asked. Doesn't you: "fonts.conf" file already have the line: ~/.fonts.conf in it? -- JRT ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
Re: [Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf
Mike FABIAN wrote: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B: Mike FABIAN wrote: I wonder where in /etc/fonts.fonts.conf exactly is the best place to put the include statement for ~/.fonts.conf. It cannot be at the very end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf because then the following would not work: Put it at the end of the list starting with: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts But if ~/.fonts.conf is included there (i.e. very early in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf), it is not possible to override the rules from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf in the personal ~/.font.conf file. I appear to need more sleep as I have given the correct answer, but it sappers to be for the wrong question -- not the one which you asked. Doesn't you: "fonts.conf" file already have the line: ~/.fonts.conf in it? -- JRT ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
[Fonts] Re: where to include ~/.fonts.conf
James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B: (B (B> Mike FABIAN wrote: (B>> I wonder where in /etc/fonts.fonts.conf exactly is the best (B>> place to put the include statement for ~/.fonts.conf. (B>> It cannot be at the very end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf because (B>> then the following would not work: (B> (B> Put it at the end of the list starting with: (B> (B> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts (B (BBut if ~/.fonts.conf is included there (i.e. very early in (B/etc/fonts/fonts.conf), it is not possible to override the rules from (B/etc/fonts/fonts.conf in the personal ~/.font.conf file. (B (BThe last rule always seems to win. (B (BTherefore I wondered whether ~/.fonts.conf should be included (Bclose to the end of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. Only a few rules which (Bdepend on settings in ~/.fonts.conf must be below that, like (BKeith's method to prefer outline fonts if (B (B (B (Btrue (B (B (B (Bis in ~/.fonts.conf. (B (B-- (BMike Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.suse.de/~mfabian $B?gL2ITB-$O;E;v$NE($@!#(B (B___ (BFonts mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhttp://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
