(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)
Hi guix,
I struggled with the console-font-service-type for a long time (mostly
becase setfont does not state you can specify a path). Documenting it
in the info pages would have helped.
Thanks!
John
From 6a7204a6396781c1bbc1db1defee362c0a8142f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:33:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: guix.texi: Add console-font-service-type to Base
Services.
* doc/guix.texi (console-font-service-type): Add it.
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doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -12287,6 +12287,23 @@ symlink:
Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} console-font-service-type @var{tty-font-pairs}
+Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
+virtual console on the kernel Linux). The value of this service is a list of
+tty/font pairs. The font can be the name of a font provided by the @code{kbd}
+package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example:
+
+@lisp
+'((\"tty1\" . \"LatGrkCyr-8x16\")
+ (\"tty2\" . (file-append
+ font-tamzen
+ \"/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf\"))
+ (\"tty3\" . (file-append
+ font-terminus
+ \"/share/consolefonts/ter-132n\"))) ; for HDPI
+@end lisp
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} login-service @var{config}
Return a service to run login according to @var{config}, a
@code{<login-configuration>} object, which specifies the message of the day,
--
2.25.1