Package: xfonts-traditional
Architecture: all
Depends: xfonts-utils, pcf2bdf, libsys-cpu-perl, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
-Description: traditional fixed-width fonts for X
- This package provides "traditional" versions of fixed-width fonts.
+Description: Traditional fixed-width fonts for X
+ Provides "traditional" versions of fixed-width fonts.
.
These are a set of 6x13 fonts (including "fixed"), with foundry name
"trad" instead of "misc", with several glyphs replaced with earlier
- traditional appearance of W a
.
These changes make the fonts compatible with the US-ASCII character
- set, as UTF-8 is not compatible with ASCII in its usage of the
- backquote and some other characters. With these fonts, pre-2000
+ set. (UTF-8 is not compatible with ASCII in its usage of the
+ backquote and some other characters.) With these fonts, pre-2000
documents (including ASCII art and GNU manuals) will render
correctly.
.
- Optionally, this package will edit the system's configuration to make
+ Optionally, this package will edit your system configuration to make
the default fonts used by xterm refer to the traditional font.
.
- This package does not actually contain the bulk of the font data;
+ (This package does not actually contain the bulk of the font data;
rather, it automatically generates the required modified fonts for
- each relevant font that's installed.
+ each relevant font you have installed.)
-# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
-# team
-#
-# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
-# debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org for advice.
-#
-# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
-# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
-
Template: xfonts-traditional/generate
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Generate traditional versions of fonts?
- With xfonts-traditional it is possible to automatically generate
- traditional versions (with foundry "Trad" instead of "Misc") of all
- fonts where it is clear what needs to be done. Currently this means
- versions of 6x13, also known as "fixed".
+ xfonts-traditional can automatically generate traditional versions
+ (with foundry "Trad" instead of "Misc" of all fonts for which it has
+ an idea about the glyphs. (Currently this is versions of 6x13, aka
+ "fixed").
.
- But you may prefer just to have the tool installed and not to do this
- automatically.
+ But you may prefer not to do this automatically, and would rather
+ just have the tool installed.
Template: xfonts-traditional/reconfigure-xterm
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Configure xterm to use traditional font?
+_Description: Configure xterm to use traditional fonts?
You can have the xterm default UTF-8 font changed to the traditional
version.
.
- Choosing this option will modify /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm, preserving
- the old file as XTerm.backup.not-trad. As this is a configuration file,
- you may get prompts from dpkg about it in the future.
+ If you approve, I will edit /etc/X11/app-default/XTerm for you, and
+ save your old file as XTerm.backup.not-trad. (Note that this is a
+ conffile so you may get prompts from dpkg about it in the future.)
.
- Alternatively, if you do not want to change the default, XTerm.trad
- will be created but not used.
+ Alternatively, if you do not want me to change the default, I will
+ generate the file XTerm.trad, but it will not be used.
.
To revert the change, simply change the key "*VT100.utf8Fonts.font"
back from "-trad-..." to "-misc-...", or rename the old file back
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Configure system to use traditional "fixed"?
- The "fixed" font alias can be remapped to the traditional version.
+ I can remap the font alias "fixed" to the traditional version.
.
- Choosing this option will modify /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias,
- preserving the old file as xfonts-base.alias.backup.not-trad. As this is
- a configuration file, you may get prompts from dpkg about it in the
- future.
+ If you approve, I will edit /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias for
+ you, and save your old file as xfonts-base.alias.backup.not-trad.
+ (Note that this is a conffile, so you may get prompts from dpkg about
+ it in the future.)
.
- Alternatively, if you do not want to change the default, xfonts-base-alias.trad
- will be created but not used.
+ Alternatively, if you do not want me to change the default, I will
+ generate xfonts-base-alias.trad for you to do what you like with.
.
- To revert the change, simply change the alias "fixed"
- back from "-trad-..." to "-misc-...", or rename the old file back
- into place.
+ To revert this change, simply change the alias "fixed" back from
+ "-trad-..." to "-misc-...", or rename the old file back into place.
Template: xfonts-traditional/confirm-break-remove
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Remove xfonts-traditional, breaking "fixed" and the X server?
- Removing xfonts-traditional would break the X server by removing "fixed".
+_Description: Remove xfonts-traditional, breaking "fixed" and your X server?
+ Removing xfonts-traditional would break your X server by removing "fixed".
.
You should not remove xfonts-traditional while "fixed" refers to one
- of its fonts. You first need to check the differences between the
+ of its fonts. You probably want to check the differences between the
various /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias*, reconcile any changes,
- and then run "update-fonts-alias misc".
+ and then run "update-fonts-alias misc". After that you can retry the
+ removal.
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