Re: fontilus and GDK_USE_XFT

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org>]

<quote who="Johannes Rohr">

> jr@rudi:~$ gnome-font-viewer fonts:///Arial
> ** Message: could not open URI
> could not load face 'fonts:///Arial'
> jr@rudi:~$ gnome-font-viewer fonts:///arial
> ** Message: could not open URI
> could not load face 'fonts:///arial'
> jr@rudi:~$ 
> 
> FYI: msttcorefonts is installed.

Is your /etc/fonts/fonts.conf set up correctly, and does fc-list(1) list any
fonts?

> > > Should I try playing around with /etc/X11/XftConfig?
> > 
> > No, XftConfig is obsoleted when you're using fontconfig/Xft2-based software.
> 
> I see. Then, it's just confusing that setting GDK_USE_XFT to 1 breaks
> fontilus/gnome-font-viewer, since I assumed that this env variable is
> not used by Xft2-based software.

GDK-based software still uses GDK_USE_XFT with Xft2.

- Jeff

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