On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 18:49 +0300, Martti Kuparinen wrote:
> I'd like to add this MESSAGE to pkgsrc/fonts/ms-ttf. Any objections?
> 
> 
> ===========================================================================
> $NetBSD$
> 
> After installing ${PKGNAME} you must run the following commands
> to use these TrueType fonts with your X server:
> 
> # mkfontscale ${PREFIX}/lib/X11/fonts/TTF       # [1]
> # mkfontdir ${PREFIX}/lib/X11/fonts/TTF         #

Is this really necessary?  fonts.mk uses ttmkfdir2 to generate those
files, AFAICT.  If not, it should be fixed to DTRT for TTF directories.

> # fc-cache -v                                   # [2]

This either.  I remember I used to have problems (loooong delays at
programs' startup) if I didn't run fc-cache beforehand; happened a while
ago.  But in recent installations, this doesn't seem to be needed any
more (everything starts quickly; I'd say the cache is automatically
generated when needed).  Am I wrong?

> You must also configure your X server to use the new fonts. Add
> these to your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Make sure the TTF and Type1
> font settings are the first FontPath lines.
> 
> Section "Files"
>          FontPath     "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>          FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>          ...
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>          ...
>          Load  "type1"
>          Load  "freetype"
>          ...
> EndSection

OK, these sound useful.

Cheers,

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