Re:_git:_27358245644c_-_main_-_freebsd-tips:_Add _fortune_to_find_font_providing_Unicode_character

From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 04:35:52 UTC
Le 15 mai 2024 02:33:18 GMT+02:00, Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org> a écrit :
>On Tue, 2024-05-14 at 08:55, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon 13 May 23:02, Joseph Mingrone wrote:
>>> The branch main has been updated by jrm:
>
>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=27358245644c2a8bf2b57182e2fcd8cdf18d6b8d
>
>>> commit 27358245644c2a8bf2b57182e2fcd8cdf18d6b8d
>>> Author:     Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org>
>>> AuthorDate: 2024-05-13 18:38:13 +0000
>>> Commit:     Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org>
>>> CommitDate: 2024-05-13 23:02:17 +0000
>
>>>     freebsd-tips: Add fortune to find font providing Unicode character
>
>>>     Reviewed by:    emaste
>>>     Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
>>>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45183
>>> ---
>>>  usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
>>> diff --git a/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips b/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
>>> index 028a9e9b1430..e24d3640b8c6 100644
>>> --- a/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
>>> +++ b/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
>>> @@ -845,3 +845,17 @@ kern.tty_info_kstacks to 0 (off), 1 (on), or 2 (verbose), e.g.:
>
>>>  		-- Michael Gmelin <grembo@FreeBSD.org>
>>>  %
>>> +
>>> +Under X Windows, you can determine which fonts provide a particular Unicode
>>> +character using fc-list from the fontconfig package.  For example, if your
>>> +friend complains that the emoji you sent won't display, run fc-list with the hex
>>> +value of the character to determine which font your friend should install.
>
>> This has nothing to do with X window, it is valid for anything that can use
>> fontconfig, which does not include xorg, but the toolkits or the libraries which
>> needs to deal with fonts, for instance many non "X windows" applications,
>> depends on fontconfig and this tips is valide for them, for example for
>> libraries producing podofo or poppler can use fontconfig to decide which font to
>> embeded in the pdf document.
>
>> In my opinion the "Under X Windows" should be removed from this tips.
>
>The objective was to strike a balance between utmost precision and
>succinctness, so the tip is helpful.  Indeed, fontconfig is not directly
>tied to X windows, but for practical purposes, I presumed the vast
>majority of user-facing applications using fontconfig run under X
>Windows (now that Wayland is a thing, I should have used a more generic
>phrase like "Under a graphical environment...").  Removing the qualifier
>seems to imply fc-list will always be useful, which isn't the case.
>Does the tweaked text that includes 'may be helpful' work for you?
>
>Joe
>
>###
>
>To determine which fonts provide a particular Unicode character, fc-list
>from the fontconfig package may be helpful.  For example, if your friend
>complains that the emoji you sent won't display, run fc-list with the
>hex value of the character to determine which font your friend should
>install.
>
>$ fc-list ':charset=0x1F4A1'
>/usr/local/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf: Noto Color Emoji:style=Regular
>
>$ pkg which /usr/local/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
>/usr/local/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf was installed by package noto-emoji-2.042


Looks good to me

Bapt