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authorJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2019-12-30 11:56:58 +0100
committerJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2019-12-30 23:40:12 +0100
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services: console-font: Update example with HDPI font suggestion.
This solution was kindly provided by Bernard M. Wiedemann. * gnu/services/base.scm (console-font-service-type): Add ter132n (terminus 132 nomal) font example, for HDPI displays. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Update to `guix system search console' example output.
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi28
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm6
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index efc59c1aaf..70e3dfea6a 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -25958,26 +25958,36 @@ supported:
Display available service type definitions that match the given regular
expressions, sorted by relevance:
+@cindex HDPI
+@cindex HiDPI
+@cindex resolution
@example
-$ guix system search console font
+$ guix system search console
name: console-fonts
-location: gnu/services/base.scm:729:2
+location: gnu/services/base.scm:806:2
extends: shepherd-root
-description: Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are
-+ per virtual console on GNU/Linux). The value of this service is a list
-+ of tty/font pairs like:
+description: Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
++ virtual console on GNU/Linux). The value of this service is a list of
++ tty/font pairs. The font can be the name of a font provided by the `kbd'
++ package or any valid argument to `setfont', as in this example:
+
-+ '(("tty1" . "LatGrkCyr-8x16"))
-relevance: 20
++ '(("tty1" . "LatGrkCyr-8x16")
++ ("tty2" . (file-append
++ font-tamzen
++ "/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf"))
++ ("tty3" . (file-append
++ font-terminus
++ "/share/consolefonts/ter-132n"))) ; for HDPI
+relevance: 9
name: mingetty
-location: gnu/services/base.scm:1048:2
+location: gnu/services/base.scm:1190:2
extends: shepherd-root
description: Provide console login using the `mingetty' program.
relevance: 2
name: login
-location: gnu/services/base.scm:775:2
+location: gnu/services/base.scm:860:2
extends: pam
description: Provide a console log-in service as specified by its
+ configuration value, a `login-configuration' object.
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index b1eff89ecc..77215e411c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2019 John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -818,7 +819,10 @@ package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example:
'((\"tty1\" . \"LatGrkCyr-8x16\")
(\"tty2\" . (file-append
font-tamzen
- \"/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf\")))
+ \"/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf\"))
+ (\"tty3\" . (file-append
+ font-terminus
+ \"/share/consolefonts/ter-132n\"))) ; for HDPI
@end example\n")))
(define* (console-font-service tty #:optional (font "LatGrkCyr-8x16"))