-- mod-version:1 -- lite-xl 2.00 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 fc = require "plugins.fontconfig" fc( { name = "sans", size = 13 * SCALE }, -- UI font { name = "monospace", size = 13 * SCALE } -- code font ) ``` ]] 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, lines = {}, {} while proc:running() do coroutine.yield(scan_rate) local buf = proc:read_stdout() local p, _, n = string.match(buf, "(.+)\n(.+)") if p then prev[#prev + 1] = p lines[#lines + 1] = table.concat(prev, "") prev = { n } else prev[#prev + 1] = buf end end table.insert(lines, table.concat(prev, "")) if proc:returncode() ~= 0 or #lines < 1 then error(string.format("Cannot find a font matching the given specs: %q", spec), 0) end -- maybe in the future we can detect and do glyph substitution here... return lines[1] end local function load_system_fonts(font, code_font) core.add_thread(function() local font_file = resolve_font(font.name) local code_font_file = resolve_font(code_font.name) style.font = renderer.font.load(font_file, font.size, font) style.code_font = renderer.font.load(code_font_file, code_font.size, code_font) end) end return load_system_fonts