> > See fc-cache(1) > > > > > > "These files are generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file > > names to font properties. They are read by the fontconfig > > library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts." > > > > thanks! (no cookie though) > > i guess we should properly document cache/fontconfig/, not cache/, but > it messes up the formatting and would look weird that we hadn;t > documented cache/. so my stab at it below. i also considered "Font maps" > as opposed to just "Maps", but i don;t know enough about this stuff. > > oks/corrections welcome. if not, it'll go in as below. > jmc > > Index: hier.7 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/hier.7,v > retrieving revision 1.106 > diff -u -r1.106 hier.7 > --- hier.7 9 Dec 2012 18:21:44 -0000 1.106 > +++ hier.7 9 Jun 2013 08:33:01 -0000 > @@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ > .Xr authpf 8 . > .It backups/ > Miscellaneous backup files. > +.It cache/ > +Maps for the X11 fontconfig library. > .It crash/ > Crash dumps written by > .Xr savecore 8 .
Sorry but this seems to bizzare to make 'cache' appropriate subdir in /var just because of one specific tool. Wouldn't be better to customize it to use /var/db/fontconfig? Where would it then end? Including /var/lib and other Linux-specific dirs? jirib
