Where should the modular X11R7 fonts get installed to?

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le dimanche 06 novembre 2005 à 14:13 -0500, Owen Taylor a écrit :
> On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:39 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> > In fact if we could have a legacy-free default config it would be even
> > better. The "can not find fixed" problems have been plaguing users which
> > had absolutely no need for fixed in the first place for years.
> 
> 'fixed' has an important role as the font that is *guaranteed* to be
> there on X no matter what. The user probably has no need for any
> X core font other than 'fixed', but having 'fixed' there is an 
> important safety net.

But will this safety net be used say in a fontconfig-enabled app if
fontconfig finds no fonts in /usr/share ? (ie in 90% of FC apps)

If not I don't see what the point of forcing every single user to check
he got this failsafe installed. Especially considering the failsafe
system has historically been brittle and broken for more years than I
care to remember (a ttf dropped in /usr/share will "just work". Fixed
needs lots of fragile black magic to exist at all)

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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