Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2023-02-20 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Felix, Felix Lechner writes: > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:06 AM Maxim Cournoyer > wrote: >> >> I haven't seen this problem in a long while, so I'm inclined to think >> it's been resolved. > > I think I had that issue with a fresh install within the last year and > based on advice in I

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2023-02-20 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi, On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:06 AM Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > > I haven't seen this problem in a long while, so I'm inclined to think > it's been resolved. I think I had that issue with a fresh install within the last year and based on advice in IRC (thanks nckx!) ran 'fc-cache -fv'. For what it

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2023-02-20 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi, > > Pierre Neidhardt skribis: > >> Running >> >> fc-cache -fv >> >> fixes the issue. >> >> Should we run this command in a profile hook? > > Profile hooks are normal derivations; as such, they don’t have access to > anything but their dependencies and t

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
OK, thanks for the details. So the solution is the same as the one we discussed previously about installing fonts to the non-default profile. Makes sense. I might give it a shot when I find the time ;) -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Nicolò, Nicolò Balzarotti skribis: > Hi, I wanted to add that the opposite is also true: removing a font > without running fc-cache always makes my emacs die on start, so I agree > that running the command automatically makes sense. Actually, if you can capture a stack trace of Emacs, that m

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Pierre Neidhardt skribis: > Running > > fc-cache -fv > > fixes the issue. > > Should we run this command in a profile hook? Profile hooks are normal derivations; as such, they don’t have access to anything but their dependencies and their output(s). There’s currently no infrastructure to r

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread John Soo
Hi there, I think this is the same issue as 26877. Can font information be compiled into a fonts.conf? - John

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread Nicolò Balzarotti
Pierre Neidhardt writes: Hi, I wanted to add that the opposite is also true: removing a font without running fc-cache always makes my emacs die on start, so I agree that running the command automatically makes sense. Are there any unwanted side-effects? Thanks, Nicolò > I can reproduce this on

Re: bug#30435: libreoffice: Fonts don't show up after install

2020-04-02 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
I can reproduce this on guix ce226e9d8d52d2530f057f2000d36c0d55380ade. But libreoffice is not the only victim: it seems that most applications fail to see the fonts installed in the user profile (on Guix System). Emacs is one example. Running --8<---cut here---start--

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-10-04 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > ng0 writes: [...] >> What about an fontcache-service that basically >> is mcron running daily "fc-cache -f" >> or even "fc-cache -fr"? > > Is there no way to provide it the way it should, i.e. as a > profile hook? I understand the issue that the cache generated would

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-10-02 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
ng0 writes: > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.8K bytes: >> Hello Tom, >> >> Tom Balzer skribis: >> >> > Recently I installed libreoffice in my user profile, and found that all >> > menus require the package 'font-gnu-freetype-ttf' in order to render >> > correctly. Without this package, every ch

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-10-02 Thread ng0
Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.8K bytes: > Hello Tom, > > Tom Balzer skribis: > > > Recently I installed libreoffice in my user profile, and found that all > > menus require the package 'font-gnu-freetype-ttf' in order to render > > correctly. Without this package, every character was rendered as

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-10-02 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Tom, Tom Balzer skribis: > Recently I installed libreoffice in my user profile, and found that all > menus require the package 'font-gnu-freetype-ttf' in order to render > correctly. Without this package, every character was rendered as a > rectangle indicating a missing font. Every chara

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-09-28 Thread ng0
Tom Balzer transcribed 1.2K bytes: > > ng0 writes: > > > I have a problem with making decision on default fonts. What if someone > > doesn't want gnu-freetype-ttf? It is not just only this font, you can use > > any font and sometimes this will depend on fc-cache -fv which is mentioned > > in the

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-09-27 Thread Tom Balzer
ng0 writes: > I have a problem with making decision on default fonts. What if someone > doesn't want gnu-freetype-ttf? It is not just only this font, you can use > any font and sometimes this will depend on fc-cache -fv which is mentioned > in the documentation. By 'in the documentation', do you

Re: LibreOffice Fonts

2017-09-27 Thread ng0
Tom Balzer transcribed 1.3K bytes: > > Hello - > > Recently I installed libreoffice in my user profile, and found that all > menus require the package 'font-gnu-freetype-ttf' in order to render > correctly. Without this package, every character was rendered as a > rectangle indicating a missing f

LibreOffice Fonts

2017-09-27 Thread Tom Balzer
Hello - Recently I installed libreoffice in my user profile, and found that all menus require the package 'font-gnu-freetype-ttf' in order to render correctly. Without this package, every character was rendered as a rectangle indicating a missing font. From the manuals description of 'propagated-