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

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  • Sarah Morgensen
  • Maxim Cournoyer
  • George Clemmer
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George Clemmer wrote on 10 May 2018 17:56
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George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:

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> Alex Kost <alezost@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
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 5 Oct 2020 07:46
(name . George Clemmer)(address . myglc2@gmail.com)(address . 31403@debbugs.gnu.org)
87mu11jkce.fsf@gmail.com
merge 31403 22138
thanks

Hello,

George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:

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> George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@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
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Sarah Morgensen wrote on 13 Sep 2021 04:29
(name . Maxim Cournoyer)(address . maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com)(address . 31403@debbugs.gnu.org)
86h7epjji1.fsf@mgsn.dev
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
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>>>> 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
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 15 Sep 2021 06:04
(name . Sarah Morgensen)(address . iskarian@mgsn.dev)(address . 31403@debbugs.gnu.org)
87tuimo56j.fsf@gmail.com
Hi!

Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev> writes:

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> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@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
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 18 Nov 2022 15:18
(name . George Clemmer)(address . myglc2@gmail.com)(address . 31403-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
87h6ywtkg9.fsf@gmail.com
Hi,

George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:

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> George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@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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