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Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.

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From: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:56:38 -0400

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello George,
>>
>> George Clemmer (2018-05-08 20:04 -0400) wrote:
>>
>>> In a "headless" vm-image (sysi29.scm, attached), "font-dejavu" installed
>>> by manifest (attached) into the "empty" default profile ...
>>>
>>> 'guix package -m manifest'
>>>
>>> ... appears in the emacs 'M-x menu-set-font' choice box. But it doesn't
>>> appear with the same manifest installed in the "foo" profile ...
>>
>> To make fonts available from a non-standard profile I added the
>> following line into my "~/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf":
>>
>>   <dir>~/path-to-my-profile/share/fonts</dir>
>
> Thank you Alex!
>
> On the chance it might be useful to someone else, this ...
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
> <fontconfig>
> <dir>~/path-to-my-profile/share/fonts</dir>
> </fontconfig>
>
> ... in "~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" worked for me ;-)

Given that this works, ISTM this can be fixed by placing ...

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>
<dir>share/fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

... in "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf".

WDYT? - George

Message #8 received at 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31403: Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:46:41 -0400

merge 31403 22138
thanks

Hello,

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello George,
>>>
>>> George Clemmer (2018-05-08 20:04 -0400) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In a "headless" vm-image (sysi29.scm, attached), "font-dejavu" installed
>>>> by manifest (attached) into the "empty" default profile ...
>>>>
>>>> 'guix package -m manifest'
>>>>
>>>> ... appears in the emacs 'M-x menu-set-font' choice box. But it doesn't
>>>> appear with the same manifest installed in the "foo" profile ...

Assuming you run Emacs in that foo profile and don't see the font,
that's probably because XDG_DATA_DIRS is unset in that other profile.
glib is one of the package setting that variable.

I'm merging this bug with 22138, which would fix the root cause.

Thanks,

Maxim

Message #11 received at 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sarah Morgensen <iskarian <at> mgsn.dev>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31403: Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:29:26 -0700

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>> George Clemmer (2018-05-08 20:04 -0400) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In a "headless" vm-image (sysi29.scm, attached), "font-dejavu" installed
>>>>> by manifest (attached) into the "empty" default profile ...
>>>>>
>>>>> 'guix package -m manifest'
>>>>>
>>>>> ... appears in the emacs 'M-x menu-set-font' choice box. But it doesn't
>>>>> appear with the same manifest installed in the "foo" profile ...
>
> Assuming you run Emacs in that foo profile and don't see the font,
> that's probably because XDG_DATA_DIRS is unset in that other profile.
> glib is one of the package setting that variable.
>
> I'm merging this bug with 22138, which would fix the root cause.

Will this be fixed by #50358?  If so, could you close this when that is
merged?

Thanks,

--
Sarah

Message #14 received at 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Sarah Morgensen <iskarian <at> mgsn.dev>
Cc: 31403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31403: Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:04:20 -0400

Hi!

Sarah Morgensen <iskarian <at> mgsn.dev> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> George Clemmer (2018-05-08 20:04 -0400) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In a "headless" vm-image (sysi29.scm, attached), "font-dejavu" installed
>>>>>> by manifest (attached) into the "empty" default profile ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'guix package -m manifest'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... appears in the emacs 'M-x menu-set-font' choice box. But it doesn't
>>>>>> appear with the same manifest installed in the "foo" profile ...
>>
>> Assuming you run Emacs in that foo profile and don't see the font,
>> that's probably because XDG_DATA_DIRS is unset in that other profile.
>> glib is one of the package setting that variable.
>>
>> I'm merging this bug with 22138, which would fix the root cause.
>
> Will this be fixed by #50358?  If so, could you close this when that is
> merged?

The above statement turned out to be untrue at the time; fontconfig used
to not honor XDG_DATA_DIRS.  That's now the case with the newest
fontconfig release, if XDG_DATA_DIRS is set (which probably won't -- due
to 22138), Emacs should be able to discover fonts in a different profile
than the user or system profiles.

Maxim

Message #19 received at 31403-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31403-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31403: Font installed in non-default profile doesn't appear.
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:18:30 -0500

Hi,

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello George,
>>>
>>> George Clemmer (2018-05-08 20:04 -0400) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In a "headless" vm-image (sysi29.scm, attached), "font-dejavu" installed
>>>> by manifest (attached) into the "empty" default profile ...
>>>>
>>>> 'guix package -m manifest'
>>>>
>>>> ... appears in the emacs 'M-x menu-set-font' choice box. But it doesn't
>>>> appear with the same manifest installed in the "foo" profile ...
>>>
>>> To make fonts available from a non-standard profile I added the
>>> following line into my "~/config/fontconfig/fonts.conf":
>>>
>>>   <dir>~/path-to-my-profile/share/fonts</dir>
>>
>> Thank you Alex!
>>
>> On the chance it might be useful to someone else, this ...
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
>> <!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
>> <fontconfig>
>> <dir>~/path-to-my-profile/share/fonts</dir>
>> </fontconfig>
>>
>> ... in "~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" worked for me ;-)
>
> Given that this works, ISTM this can be fixed by placing ...
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
> <fontconfig>
> <dir>share/fonts</dir>
> </fontconfig>
>
> ... in "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf".
>
> WDYT? - George

What was this bug about exactly?  Having fonts installed to arbitrary
profiles usable by the system?  If so, I think that's out of scope.
Note that installing fonts to a profile where XDG_DATA_DIRS is set
should now be discoverable by fontconfig.

I'm closing the issue, but feel free to reopen it if I missed something.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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