[Request] nerd-fonts-noto-sans-mono about packages HOT 17 CLOSED

@xiota the gist is that they are enhanced versions of existing fonts programmers prefer with proper glyph support and some extras (namely icons). More info here: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/ & here: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/wiki#what
I personally prefer Hack & Roboto Nerd Font Mono

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Looks like "extended" is a misnomer because extra/ttf-noto-nerd has all variants and same number of glyphs. The AUR package uses slightly different family names and ttfautohint (probably different patcher config).

The following changes are recommended:

• Resubmit package to AUR with corrected name.
• Change description to: "Noto Sans Mono fonts, patched with Nerd Fonts Patcher"
• Change URL to: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
• Change license to "OFL-1.1"
• Remove provides. Not drop-in replacement because family names slightly different.
• Remove conflicts. Not needed because font location and family names are different.
• Remove git and subversion from makedeps if they are no longer needed.

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@Technetium1 AUR package has been fixed.

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@xiota I fixed the AUR package. It has been updated.

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Build completed: nerd-fonts-noto-sans-mono-extended.log

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Was flagged out of date due to a new release.

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Could someone explain the whole "nerd fonts" thing to me?

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@D3vil0p3r Package is out of date. Repo no longer exists / moved. Patcher updated to 3.2.1. Also, benefit of this package over extra/ttf-noto-nerd?

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If I remember well, this package has more glyphs. Currently I manage the AUR package but I cannot update it because svn does not allow me to get a subdir from source. If I use git, it takes too much time. I left a comment about it on AUR page. Any ideas?

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All packages are going to be rebuilt soon, and broken packages will be dropped. Metric 41.

If I were maintaining the package, I would retire it (open deletion request) because it's too complicated to fix and doesn't have clear benefit.

I don't know any way to grab directories from git, so would have to download everything or individual files. There are 36 Noto mono files and probably 15-20 glyph files.

From the nerd fonts readme, the prepatched fonts probably already have all the glyphs because the proposed benefit of self-patching is to exclude symbols.

Option 2: Patch your own font

Patch your own variations with the various options provided by the font patcher (i.e. not include all symbols for smaller font size)

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From the nerd fonts readme, the prepatched fonts probably already have all the glyphs because the proposed benefit of self-patching is to exclude symbols.

Do you mean the extra/ttf-noto-nerd should contain all the glyphs?

PS: meanwhile I just opened a thread on AL forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2177567

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Do you mean the extra/ttf-noto-nerd should contain all the glyphs?

That would be my interpretation.

Someone replied to your query:

Maybe the new locations are setup differently ?

However, I already tested. It seems that whatever functionality you were using may have been shutdown by github.

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@xiota The suggested NotoSansMono new source is good. What I just need to fix and update it is to understand how to retrieve the glyphs (third source of the PKGBUILD) to avoid to pull the entire git repository. I opened this issue on the upstream project: ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#1656 but if this will be managed, I think we can still maintain this package (also in AUR).

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Which name do you suggest?

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Which name do you suggest?

nerd-fonts-noto-sans-mono or ttf-noto-sans-mono-nerd

Also, do not use replaces. If you want to help users migrate from old package, turn it into a metapackage.

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Looks like "extended" is a misnomer because extra/ttf-noto-nerd has all variants and same number of glyphs. The AUR package uses slightly different family names and ttfautohint (probably different patcher config).

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nerd-fonts-noto-sans-mono

On the old one I submitted a "Merge" request.

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I would have opted for a deletion request. There's no point keeping the old comments, and the vote count is low.

Thanks for updating. I'll switch the chaotic repo to the new package later.

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