Re: GROFF_FONT_PATH

[Ben Pfaff]

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> I wondered if sometime before the next release (whenever that may be),
> we could implement some better way to set the groff_font_path. So far
> as I can determine, the only way to do this currently is through to
> set the GROFF_FONT_PATH environment variable.  It'd be better if it
> were also possible through a config file.

Would you please file a bug report as a reminder?

My preferred solution would actually be to use a better mechanism
to get font metrics, e.g. write an AFM parser and include the AFM
files we need with PSPP.  But adding another way to configure
would be less work in the short term.
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