--=-IP2b2BaimYoC6cmkdRDi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le sam 06/12/2003 =E0 01:18, wrstuden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a =E9crit : > I recently updated some packages on a lab machine, and now some of the X > programs are using fontconfig. While fontconfig looks much more > sophisticated than the older font locating tools, it unfortunately assume= s > the fonts are local. Thus these programs don't run anymore. >=20 > I can't run fc-cache, because there aren't any fonts on the box. > Installing fonts on the box just to run fc-cache seems silly and > counter-productive, as the X server will be using the fonts installed on > it, not the ones on this box. Also, it doesn't scale well, as it means > that I have to install (and maintain) fonts on all the boxes I have, as > opposed to just the Xserver. Most (all?) applications using fontconfig are rendering their fonts with freetype, and it requires having the fonts on the *client* side. Installing fonts on the same boxes as the applications is not counter-productive, it is necessary for these applications to run. Regards, --=20 .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : josselin.mouette@xxxxxxxxxxxx `. `' joss@xxxxxxxxxx `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom --=-IP2b2BaimYoC6cmkdRDi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Ceci est une partie de message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?num=E9riquement?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_sign=E9e=2E?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/0fxhrSla4ddfhTMRAoNBAKDia+H3dnayzKHYtqzXLm9pVC1vMwCg5r++ AvwB0vfPknnEFp1EchHzTbw= =MvKN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-IP2b2BaimYoC6cmkdRDi--
