Re: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display non-English alphabets.

[Alex Kost]

Alex Vong (2015-11-16 19:11 +0300) wrote:

> From f2eac896933814a3d5a85c4c20c1407b692be1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alex Vong <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:57:35 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display
>  non-English alphabets.
>
> * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Add instruction and example.
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 3b6955c..dab8ab7 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts with 
> Guix as well.
>  Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
>  @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
>  
> +In addition, if your graphical applications display non-english alphabets,
> +you may need to install extra font packages.
> +For instance, as of 2015, to correctly display CJK fonts in @code{icecat}
> +browser package, you should install @code{font-wqy-zenhei} font package.

I didn't try 'font-wqy-zenhei', but there is also
'font-adobe-source-han-sans' package (thanks to 宋文武) that "solves"
Chinese, Japanese and Korean symbols I've met so far.

-- 
Alex