Fontconfig - Dec 2007 - GTK+ and re-scanning font cache

Hi,
 Just wondering, this is prob. a faq and not on the right list:
 While a GTK+ app is running (pyGTK) is it possible to install a new font (say 
drop it into ~/.fonts) and have the app recognize that it''s there and
display
it, without having to restart it?

(I am drawing a string to the screen via pango and cairo).


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On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 20:08 +0200, Donn wrote:
> Hi,
>  Just wondering, this is prob. a faq and not on the right list:
>  While a GTK+ app is running (pyGTK) is it possible to install a new font
(say
> drop it into ~/.fonts) and have the app recognize that it''s there
and display
> it, without having to restart it?
Not right now.  I''m working on that feature though.  Will report here
how it goes.

> (I am drawing a string to the screen via pango and cairo).
> 
> 
> \d
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> Not right now.  I''m working on that feature though.  Will report
here
> how it goes.
>
Great news!

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