From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/15] docs: kdoc: latex_fonts: Improve docstrings and comments
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:40:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <07a7dfd6c78f1b884cb5f4bb3a367e10a43d832b.1768488832.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1768488832.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
In preparation to document kernel-doc module, improve its
documentation.
Among the changes, it had to place the xml template inside
a code block, as otherwise doc build would break.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/latex_fonts.py | 95 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/latex_fonts.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/latex_fonts.py
index 29317f8006ea..1d04cbda169f 100755
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/latex_fonts.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/latex_fonts.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
# Ported to Python by (c) Mauro Carvalho Chehab, 2025
"""
-Detect problematic Noto CJK variable fonts.
+Detect problematic Noto CJK variable fonts
+==========================================
-For "make pdfdocs", reports of build errors of translations.pdf started
-arriving early 2024 [1, 2]. It turned out that Fedora and openSUSE
-tumbleweed have started deploying variable-font [3] format of "Noto CJK"
-fonts [4, 5]. For PDF, a LaTeX package named xeCJK is used for CJK
+For ``make pdfdocs``, reports of build errors of translations.pdf started
+arriving early 2024 [1]_ [2]_. It turned out that Fedora and openSUSE
+tumbleweed have started deploying variable-font [3]_ format of "Noto CJK"
+fonts [4]_ [5]_. For PDF, a LaTeX package named xeCJK is used for CJK
(Chinese, Japanese, Korean) pages. xeCJK requires XeLaTeX/XeTeX, which
does not (and likely never will) understand variable fonts for historical
reasons.
@@ -25,68 +26,77 @@ This script is invoked from the error path of "make pdfdocs" and emits
suggestions if variable-font files of "Noto CJK" fonts are in the list of
fonts accessible from XeTeX.
-References:
-[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8734tqsrt7.fsf@meer.lwn.net/
-[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1708585803.600323099@f111.i.mail.ru/
-[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_font
-[4]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Noto_CJK_Variable_Fonts
-[5]: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1157217
+.. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/8734tqsrt7.fsf@meer.lwn.net/
+.. [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/1708585803.600323099@f111.i.mail.ru/
+.. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_font
+.. [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Noto_CJK_Variable_Fonts
+.. [5] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1157217
-#===========================================================================
Workarounds for building translations.pdf
-#===========================================================================
+-----------------------------------------
* Denylist "variable font" Noto CJK fonts.
+
- Create $HOME/deny-vf/fontconfig/fonts.conf from template below, with
tweaks if necessary. Remove leading "".
+
- Path of fontconfig/fonts.conf can be overridden by setting an env
variable FONTS_CONF_DENY_VF.
- * Template:
------------------------------------------------------------------
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
-<fontconfig>
-<!--
- Ignore variable-font glob (not to break xetex)
--->
- <selectfont>
- <rejectfont>
- <!--
- for Fedora
- -->
- <glob>/usr/share/fonts/google-noto-*-cjk-vf-fonts</glob>
- <!--
- for openSUSE tumbleweed
- -->
- <glob>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Noto*CJK*-VF.otf</glob>
- </rejectfont>
- </selectfont>
-</fontconfig>
------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Template::
+
+ <?xml version="1.0"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
+ <fontconfig>
+ <!--
+ Ignore variable-font glob (not to break xetex)
+ -->
+ <selectfont>
+ <rejectfont>
+ <!--
+ for Fedora
+ -->
+ <glob>/usr/share/fonts/google-noto-*-cjk-vf-fonts</glob>
+ <!--
+ for openSUSE tumbleweed
+ -->
+ <glob>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Noto*CJK*-VF.otf</glob>
+ </rejectfont>
+ </selectfont>
+ </fontconfig>
The denylisting is activated for "make pdfdocs".
* For skipping CJK pages in PDF
+
- Uninstall texlive-xecjk.
Denylisting is not needed in this case.
* For printing CJK pages in PDF
+
- Need non-variable "Noto CJK" fonts.
+
* Fedora
+
- google-noto-sans-cjk-fonts
- google-noto-serif-cjk-fonts
+
* openSUSE tumbleweed
+
- Non-variable "Noto CJK" fonts are not available as distro packages
as of April, 2024. Fetch a set of font files from upstream Noto
CJK Font released at:
+
https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/tree/main/Sans#super-otc
+
and at:
+
https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/tree/main/Serif#super-otc
- , then uncompress and deploy them.
+
+ then uncompress and deploy them.
- Remember to update fontconfig cache by running fc-cache.
-!!! Caution !!!
+.. caution::
Uninstalling "variable font" packages can be dangerous.
They might be depended upon by other packages important for your work.
Denylisting should be less invasive, as it is effective only while
@@ -115,10 +125,15 @@ class LatexFontChecker:
self.re_cjk = re.compile(r"([^:]+):\s*Noto\s+(Sans|Sans Mono|Serif) CJK")
def description(self):
+ """
+ Returns module description.
+ """
return __doc__
def get_noto_cjk_vf_fonts(self):
- """Get Noto CJK fonts"""
+ """
+ Get Noto CJK fonts.
+ """
cjk_fonts = set()
cmd = ["fc-list", ":", "file", "family", "variable"]
@@ -143,7 +158,9 @@ class LatexFontChecker:
return sorted(cjk_fonts)
def check(self):
- """Check for problems with CJK fonts"""
+ """
+ Check for problems with CJK fonts.
+ """
fonts = textwrap.indent("\n".join(self.get_noto_cjk_vf_fonts()), " ")
if not fonts:
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 15:40 [PATCH v2 00/15] Add kernel-doc modules to Documentation/tools Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] docs: custom.css: prevent li marker to override text Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] docs: conf.py: don't use doctree with a different meaning Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] docs: conf: don't rely on cwd to get documentation location Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] docs: enable Sphinx autodoc extension to allow documenting python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] docs: custom.css: add CSS for python Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] docs: kdoc_files: Improve docstrings and comments Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] docs: kdoc_item: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] docs: kdoc_parser: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] docs: kdoc_output: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] docs: kdoc_re: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] docs: kdoc: parse_data_structs: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] docs: kdoc: enrich_formatter: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] docs: kdoc: python_version: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-01-15 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] docs: add kernel-doc modules documentation Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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