[Nix-dev] i3 to 4.5.1 and Pango fonts

[Carles Pagès]

Hi all!

vcunat enbled xcb for cairo in x-updates a while ago:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/ec77a957784e193af5bdd26a75066627a02a37f3


2013/3/19 Rok Garbas <rok at garbas.si>

> hi Pablo,
>
> Quoting Pablo Costa (2013-03-19 12:41:00)
> > Hello everybody, and Rok in special!
> >
> > I want to have antialiased fonts on the i3 window manager.
> >
> > For some reason, the current nix expression includes a sed command to
> get rid
> > of the Pango support.
>
> this was done in oct 2012 since we were stuck with cairo 1.10.x then and
> xcb
> only got stable in 1.12.x ... check aszlig's commit
> a99367ba2480911a3bf2321358714aca7e3ae889.
>
> but this is not the case anymore, default version is 1.12.4 right now.
>
> > There is also a funny override for Cairo on the i3lock package, in pkgs/
> > top-level/all-packages.nix:
> >
> > i3 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3 { };
> > i3lock = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix { cairo
> =
> > cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; }; };
> > i3status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix { };
> >
> > Is there any reason for the override not to be on pkgs/applications/
> > window-managers/i3/lock.nix? Having it on all-packages.nix sounds to me
> like a
> > temporary workaround.
>
> i wouldn't consider this a temporary fix. also many other packages are
> overriding it like this. we might consider turning it on by default (since
> its
> stable now) but not sure how this affects other packages using cairo.
>
> > Would the override make sense also on pkgs/applications/window-managers/
> > default.nix for i3 wm itself?
>
> yes, makes total sense now.
>
> > Certainly not on the i3status package as it does not render anything, it
> just
> > prepares the text for the i3bar.
> >
> > I added the "pango" dependency and removed the sed command that
> prevented it
> > from being used.
> > I also updated the version number and hash of the wm to the recently
> released
> > 4.5.1. Please find the release notes below.
> >
> > Would you mind having a look at it and giving some feedback or advice?
>
> +1 feel free to commit it or send pull request if you dont a
>
>
>
> --
> Rok Garbas - http://www.garbas.si
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