system-installed emacs does not find system-installed fonts

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myglc2 wrote on 6 Mar 2016 10:57
system-installed emacs does not find system-installed fonts
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
87a8mb5t8t.fsf@gmail.com
Not technically not a bug because the doc says ...

2.6.2 X11 Fonts

The ‘fontconfig’ package in Guix looks for fonts in
‘$HOME/.guix-profile’ by default. Thus, to allow graphical applications
installed with Guix to display fonts, you have to install fonts with
Guix as well.

But it does seem counter-intuitive that emacs 'M-x list-fontsets' gives ...

Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard
Fontset: -urw-Nimbus Mono L-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-m-0-fontset-startup

... when the system package list is ...

% *Guix Package L... 5437 Guix-Output-List
[...]
emacs 24.5 out Yes The extensible, customizable, self-documenting text editor
[...]
font-dejavu 2.34 out Yes Vera font family derivate with additional characters
[...]
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Alex Kost wrote on 7 Mar 2016 01:27
Re: bug#22927: system-installed emacs does not find system-installed fonts
(name . myglc2)(address . myglc2@gmail.com)(address . 22927@debbugs.gnu.org)
87wppehc33.fsf@gmail.com
myglc2 (2016-03-06 21:57 +0300) wrote:

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> Not technically not a bug because the doc says ...
>
> 2.6.2 X11 Fonts
>
> The ‘fontconfig’ package in Guix looks for fonts in
> ‘$HOME/.guix-profile’ by default. Thus, to allow graphical applications
> installed with Guix to display fonts, you have to install fonts with
> Guix as well.

(I have not checked but) I believe this can be fixed by adding
"/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts" to '--with-add-fonts'
configure flag of the 'fontconfig' package.

For now I think the following recipe should work:

1. Make a file "~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" with the following
contents:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<dir>/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>
2. Run "fc-cache -fv".

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Alex
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 2 Apr 2016 10:29
(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)
87inzzgbqp.fsf@gnu.org
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

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> myglc2 (2016-03-06 21:57 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Not technically not a bug because the doc says ...
>>
>> 2.6.2 X11 Fonts
>>
>> The ‘fontconfig’ package in Guix looks for fonts in
>> ‘$HOME/.guix-profile’ by default. Thus, to allow graphical applications
>> installed with Guix to display fonts, you have to install fonts with
>> Guix as well.
>
> (I have not checked but) I believe this can be fixed by adding
> "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts" to '--with-add-fonts'
> configure flag of the 'fontconfig' package.
>
> For now I think the following recipe should work:
>
> 1. Make a file "~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" with the following
> contents:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <fontconfig>
> <dir>/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts</dir>
> </fontconfig>

Indeed. I realize I did this independently in
e71ef7adaece7e132a5059139122b45083ea1b39.

The better fix will be to rebuild Fontconfig as you suggest. Would you
like to try that and apply it to ‘core-updates’?

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Alex Kost wrote on 3 Apr 2016 00:44
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
87pou7t9ut.fsf@gmail.com
Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-02 20:29 +0300) wrote:

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> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> myglc2 (2016-03-06 21:57 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Not technically not a bug because the doc says ...
>>>
>>> 2.6.2 X11 Fonts
>>>
>>> The ‘fontconfig’ package in Guix looks for fonts in
>>> ‘$HOME/.guix-profile’ by default. Thus, to allow graphical applications
>>> installed with Guix to display fonts, you have to install fonts with
>>> Guix as well.
>>
>> (I have not checked but) I believe this can be fixed by adding
>> "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts" to '--with-add-fonts'
>> configure flag of the 'fontconfig' package.
>>
>> For now I think the following recipe should work:
>>
>> 1. Make a file "~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" with the following
>> contents:
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
>> <fontconfig>
>> <dir>/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts</dir>
>> </fontconfig>
>
> Indeed. I realize I did this independently in
> e71ef7adaece7e132a5059139122b45083ea1b39.
>
> The better fix will be to rebuild Fontconfig as you suggest. Would you
> like to try that and apply it to ‘core-updates’?

Yes, the patch is attached.
From fc239dda52244d6bd3b645660ca0827aa17afc05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:27:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: fontconfig: Find fonts in the system profile.

Reported by myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>.

This also reverts commit e71ef7adaece7e132a5059139122b45083ea1b39.

* gnu/packages/fontutils.scm (fontconfig)[arguments]: Add
/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts to --with-add-fonts configure flag.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons): Do not create "fonts.conf" file.
---
gnu/packages/fontutils.scm | 8 ++++----
gnu/system/shadow.scm | 23 -----------------------
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index ff10a4a..8d33211 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ anti-aliased glyph bitmap generation with 256 gray levels.")
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "gs-fonts")
"/share/fonts")
- ;; register fonts from user profile
- ;; TODO: Add /run/current-system/profile/share/fonts and remove
- ;; the skeleton that works around it from 'default-skeletons'.
- "--with-add-fonts=~/.guix-profile/share/fonts"
+ ;; Register fonts from user and system profiles.
+ (string-append "--with-add-fonts="
+ "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
+ "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")
;; python is not actually needed
"PYTHON=false")
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index a13ef11..6e62aee 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@
(define (default-skeletons)
"Return the default skeleton files for /etc/skel. These files are copied by
'useradd' in the home directory of newly created user accounts."
- (define fonts.conf-content
- ;; SXML for ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf. This works around the fact
- ;; that Fontconfig currently does not such this directory by default,
- ;; thereby ignoring fonts installed system-wide (FIXME).
- `(fontconfig (dir "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")))
-
(define copy-guile-wm
#~(begin
(use-modules (guix build utils))
@@ -180,22 +174,6 @@ source /etc/profile\n"))
(xdefaults (plain-file "Xdefaults" "\
XTerm*utf8: always
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true\n"))
- (fonts.conf (computed-file
- "fonts.conf"
- #~(begin
- (use-modules (guix build utils)
- (sxml simple))
-
- (define dir
- (string-append #$output
- "/fontconfig"))
-
- (mkdir-p dir)
- (call-with-output-file (string-append dir
- "/fonts.conf")
- (lambda (port)
- (sxml->xml '#$fonts.conf-content port))))
- #:modules '((guix build utils))))
(gdbinit (plain-file "gdbinit" "\
# Tell GDB where to look for separate debugging files.
set debug-file-directory ~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\n")))
@@ -204,7 +182,6 @@ set debug-file-directory ~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\n")))
(".zlogin" ,zlogin)
(".Xdefaults" ,xdefaults)
(".guile-wm" ,guile-wm)
- (".config" ,fonts.conf)
(".gdbinit" ,gdbinit))))
(define (skeleton-directory skeletons)
--
2.7.3
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 3 Apr 2016 13:39
(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)
87wpoectql.fsf@gnu.org
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

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> From fc239dda52244d6bd3b645660ca0827aa17afc05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:27:45 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: fontconfig: Find fonts in the system profile.
>
> Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22927>.
> Reported by myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>.
>
> This also reverts commit e71ef7adaece7e132a5059139122b45083ea1b39.
>
> * gnu/packages/fontutils.scm (fontconfig)[arguments]: Add
> /run/current-system/profile/share/fonts to --with-add-fonts configure flag.
> * gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons): Do not create "fonts.conf" file.

[...]

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> - ;; register fonts from user profile
> - ;; TODO: Add /run/current-system/profile/share/fonts and remove
> - ;; the skeleton that works around it from 'default-skeletons'.
> - "--with-add-fonts=~/.guix-profile/share/fonts"
> + ;; Register fonts from user and system profiles.
> + (string-append "--with-add-fonts="
> + "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
> + "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")

If you’ve confirmed that passing a comma-separated list here works as
expected, then please push to ‘core-updates’.

Thank you!

Ludo’.
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Alex Kost wrote on 4 Apr 2016 11:11
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
87k2kdtfbd.fsf@gmail.com
Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-03 23:39 +0300) wrote:

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> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> From fc239dda52244d6bd3b645660ca0827aa17afc05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:27:45 +0300
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: fontconfig: Find fonts in the system profile.
>>
>> Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22927>.
>> Reported by myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>.
>>
>> This also reverts commit e71ef7adaece7e132a5059139122b45083ea1b39.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/fontutils.scm (fontconfig)[arguments]: Add
>> /run/current-system/profile/share/fonts to --with-add-fonts configure flag.
>> * gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons): Do not create "fonts.conf" file.
>
> [...]
>
>> - ;; register fonts from user profile
>> - ;; TODO: Add /run/current-system/profile/share/fonts and remove
>> - ;; the skeleton that works around it from 'default-skeletons'.
>> - "--with-add-fonts=~/.guix-profile/share/fonts"
>> + ;; Register fonts from user and system profiles.
>> + (string-append "--with-add-fonts="
>> + "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
>> + "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")
>
> If you’ve confirmed that passing a comma-separated list here works as
> expected, then please push to ‘core-updates’.

Yes, I confirmed, pushed.

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Alex
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 4 Jun 2016 07:30
control message for bug #22927
(address . control@debbugs.gnu.org)
87r3cdyqk3.fsf@gnu.org
tags 22927 fixed
close 22927 0.10.1
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