Hi, I think the section 4.6 of the FAQ about X sets is a bit wrong/misleading.
First the straight fact: there is no font servver in xfontXX.tgz
(patch below)
Then I think the explanation on why X sets are sometimes needed could
be improved, but I failed to come up with a patch. Here are my
tentative explanations, let's see if others can put it into shape:
- some libraries in xbase can be used outside of X (freetype,
fontconfig) for applications that manipulate text or graphics
(rrdtool is a good example). These applications will generally also
need fonts, either from xfontXX.tgx or from other font packages.
- xbaseXX requires xshareXX.
- xservXX can almost always be skipped if you don't plan to run X.
In the past we've rejected the idea of creating a smaller xbaseXX set
with only the minimal libs/utilities needed by most non X ports for
the sake of simplicity.
Index: faq/faq4.html
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@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ New users are recommended to install all
<li><b><tt>xbaseXX.tgz</tt></b>
- the base libraries and utilities for X11
<li><b><tt>xfontXX.tgz</tt></b>
- - X11's font server and fonts
+ - X11's fonts
<li><b><tt>xservXX.tgz</tt></b>
- X11's X servers
<li><b><tt>xshareXX.tgz</tt></b>
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Matthieu Herrb
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