In Xorg fontconfig, there're (at least) two fontcaches, by default /var/cache/fontconfig
and ~/.fontconfig
, defined in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
.
Q1. But what's the rationale? Only one, the system wide one suffices, no? In my case, there're 69 files in ~/.fontconfig
, and 24 of them have identical copies also in /var/cache/fontconfig
.
Q2. Is it possible to get rid of ~/.fontconfig
? /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
is not for writing your personal configuration.
(Q3. Why does X do all as the user root? It should be user X, right? Caches are made by root!)
Thanks in advance.