Technical Blog of Richard Hughes » pango http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie Blog about geeky stuff Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:10:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 PackageKit and Pango are now friends http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/12/01/packagekit-and-pango-are-now-friends/ http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/12/01/packagekit-and-pango-are-now-friends/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:50:46 +0000 hughsie http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/?p=280 PackageKit in git master has a new trick up its sleeve. Thanks to Behdad, It now optionally installs a gtk-module that integrates with Pango to detect when a document needs a new font installed to render correctly. No code changes are needed to any application using Pango, as all the magic is done in the gtk-module. When used with a session interface like KPackageKit or gnome-packagekit, the following UI is shown:

Font installer

Font installer

I really want a way of being able to say “don’t ask about this language again” if not found so to not piss off the user. I also know my grammar is pretty shitty. All comments and recommendations gratefully received. Thanks.

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