>> Well, I'm a noob here, so please consider me being Joe User. I >> simply want to install a font (i.e., copying it to a directory >> managed by fontconfig), and the cache file gets automatically >> updated. *How* to achieve that I don't care. > > Currently, you just copy font file there and fontconfig recognizes > it next time an app starts, or in 30 seconds if an app is running, > whichever is earlier. However, most apps don't handle showing new > fonts without restarting, and need extra code do that. But > restarting apps is all you need currently, you DON'T need to call > fc-cache explicitly. Good to know, thanks. Where is this described in the user documentation? It's definitely missing in https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html and `man fc-cache' doesn't give this either. Werner _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
