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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 60703875f6..abec0c0879 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1572,8 +1572,10 @@ full name of a font using XLFD (X Logical Font Description), like this: To be able to use such full names for the TrueType fonts installed in your Guix profile, you need to extend the font path of the X server: +@c Note: 'xset' does not accept symlinks so the trick below arranges to +@c get at the real directory. See <https://bugs.gnu.org/30655>. @example -xset +fp `readlink -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype` +xset +fp $(dirname $(readlink -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir)) @end example @cindex @code{xlsfonts} |