-- mod-version:2 -- lite-xl 2.0 local subprocess = require "process" local core = require "core" local style = require "core.style" local config = require "core.config" --[[ Example config (put it in user module): ``` local fontconfig = require "plugins.fontconfig" fontconfig.use { font = { name = 'sans', size = 13 * SCALE }, code_font = { name = 'monospace', size = 13 * SCALE }, } ``` if you want the fonts to load instantaneously on startup, you can try your luck on fontconfig.use_blocking. I won't be responsible for the slow startup time. ]] local function resolve_font(spec) local scan_rate = 1 / config.fps local proc = subprocess.start({ "fc-match", "-s", "-f", "%{file}\n", spec }, { stdin = subprocess.REDIRECT_DISCARD, stdout = subprocess.REDIRECT_PIPE, stderr = subprocess.REDIRECT_STDOUT }) local prev local lines = {} while proc:running() do coroutine.yield(scan_rate) local buf = proc:read_stdout() if type(buf) == "string" then local last_line_start = 1 for line, ln in string.gmatch(buf, "([^\n]-)\n()") do last_line_start = ln if prev then line = prev .. line end table.insert(lines, line) end prev = last_line_start < #buf and string.sub(buf, last_line_start) end end if prev then table.insert(lines, prev) end if proc:returncode() ~= 0 or #lines < 1 then error(string.format("Cannot find a font matching the given specs: %q", spec), 0) end return lines[1] end local M = {} function M.load(font_name, font_size, font_opt) local font_file = resolve_font(font_name) return renderer.font.load(font_file, font_size, font_opt) end function M.load_blocking(font_name, font_size, font_opt) local co = coroutine.create(function() return M.load(font_name, font_size, font_opt) end) local result while coroutine.status(co) ~= "dead" do local ok, err = coroutine.resume(co) if not ok then error(err) end result = err end return result end function M.use(spec) core.add_thread(function() for key, value in pairs(spec) do style[key] = M.load(value.name, value.size, value) end end) end -- there is basically no need for this, but for the sake of completeness -- I'll leave this here function M.use_blocking(spec) for key, value in pairs(spec) do style[key] = M.load_blocking(value.name, value.size, value) end end return M