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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-desktop] Re: console16x8.pcf(.gz) font?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:01:20
Message-Id: himg82$lfv$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-desktop] Re: console16x8.pcf(.gz) font? by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On 01/14/2010 02:04 AM, Duncan wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras posted on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:43:19 +0200 as excerpted:
3 >
4 >> I still have console8x16.pcf.gz in my ~/.fonts directory. It was placed
5 >> there by KDE3's Konsole but I still use it in KDE4's Konsole. I can
6 >> send it to you if you like.
7 >
8 > Thanks. I have the files (and still use 'em), but they're orphans I'd
9 > like to have properly "adopted" by some font package, if possible.
10 >
11 > (What brought all this up is that I'm bringing up gentoo/kde on my
12 > netbook, and was missing the files there, as they're orphans on my main
13 > machine. I transferred them over for now as I really like that font, but
14 > now that I know they're orphaned, I want to have them "adopted", even if
15 > I have to create the ebuild to do it!)
16
17 Oh, common. That's why ~/.fonts exists and why KDE has a font installer
18 in System Settings. Having an ebuild for every file on your system
19 isn't really necessary. It's just a font :)