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Re: why doesn't XF86Config-4 include defoma-managed TrueType fonts?



On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:45:15AM -0500, Andy Hurt wrote:
> Rob Weir wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:44:41PM -0500, Andy Hurt wrote:
> >
> >>Cam Ellison wrote:
> >>
> >>>Are you saying that you now have _two_ Files sections?
> >>
> >>Yup.  startx, etc. without a hiccup.
> >>
> >>XFree86 wouldn't let me start until I bracketed those two FontPath 
> >>lines--the Section/EndSection seemed logical, and is just the first thing 
> >>I tried ;-/
> >
> >That's odd.  Here's my Files Section from my XF86Config-4:
> >Section "Files"
> >        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
> >        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> >        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Works great for me...
> 
> This is good.
> 
> But, I'm concerned about the lines:
> 
> # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make 
> changes
> # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
> # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
> 
> Am I misinterpreting the warning?  I manage XF86Config-4 with debconf.
> 
> I know the file almost by heart, but seem to remember Branden warning about 
> making changes between those lines . . . .

Yes, it will nuke your changes next time debconf has a go at it.  I
think it's safe to add another section outside the lines (which is
probably what you meant in the first place /me slaps self), but it's
been a long time since I let debconf play with my XF86Config-4.

-- 
Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>				http://ertius.org/

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