ScatteredCognition: Update formatting and hyperlinks

2026-08-04T10:41:31Z

Update formatting and hyperlinks

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	For these applications, instead of using a complicated <code>fhsEnv</code> solution, users can choose to simply bindmount the directories from <code>/run/current-system/sw/share</code> to their respective locations inside <code>/usr/share</code>.		For these applications, instead of using a complicated <code>fhsEnv</code> solution, users can choose to simply bindmount the directories from <code>/run/current-system/sw/share</code> to their respective locations inside <code>/usr/share</code>.

	Note that the following fix uses <code>bindfs</code> instead of normal bindmounting or symlinking. This is because of edgecases like [https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/issues/1859 OnlyOffice] that will not follow symlinks while evaluating resources under <code>/usr/share</code>. Thus, the <code>[https://bindfs.org/docs/bindfs.1.html#sect10 resolve-symlink]</code> functionality of <code>bindfs</code> becomes crucial for covering even the most niche corner cases.		Note that the following fix uses <code>bindfs</code> instead of normal bindmounting or symlinking. This is because of edgecases like [https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/issues/1859 OnlyOffice] that will not follow symlinks while evaluating resources under <code>/usr/share</code>. Thus, the <code>[https://bindfs.org/docs/bindfs.1.html#sect10 resolve-symlink]</code> functionality of <code>bindfs</code> becomes crucial for covering even the most niche corner cases.<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos" line="1">
	# misc-usr-fix.nix		# misc-usr-fix.nix
	{ pkgs, ... }:		{ pkgs, ... }:

	let		let
	# Mount options for the bind mounts		# Mount options for the bind mounts
	mountOptions = [		mountOptions = [
	"ro"		"ro"
	"x-gvfs-hide"		"x-gvfs-hide"
	# Resolves symlinks as if they were real files		# Resolves symlinks as if they were real files
	# Needed for things like OnlyOffice		# Needed for things like OnlyOffice
	"resolve-symlinks"		"resolve-symlinks"
	];		];
	in		in
	{		{
	# Bind mounts fonts, icons and themes from		# Bind mounts fonts, icons and themes from
	# The /run/current-system/sw/share/* paths		# The /run/current-system/sw/share/* paths
	# to their /usr/share/* equivalents		# to their /usr/share/* equivalents

	# Expose all fonts		# Expose all fonts
	# under /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts		# under /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts
	fonts.fontDir.enable = true;		fonts.fontDir.enable = true;

	# Flatpak: Bind mounts /usr/share/* directories		# Flatpak: Bind mounts /usr/share/* directories
	system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];		system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];

	# Fonts		# Fonts
	fileSystems."/usr/share/fonts" = {		fileSystems."/usr/share/fonts" = {
	device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts";		device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts";
	fsType = "fuse.bindfs";		fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
	options = mountOptions;		options = mountOptions;
	};		};

	# Icons		# Icons
	fileSystems."/usr/share/icons" = {		fileSystems."/usr/share/icons" = {
	device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/icons";		device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/icons";
	fsType = "fuse.bindfs";		fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
	options = mountOptions;		options = mountOptions;
	};		};

	# Themes		# Themes
	fileSystems."/usr/share/themes" = {		fileSystems."/usr/share/themes" = {
	device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/themes";		device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/themes";
	fsType = "fuse.bindfs";		fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
	options = mountOptions;		options = mountOptions;
	};		};
	}		}

			</syntaxhighlight>
	[[Category:Software]]		[[Category:Software]]
	[[Category:Fonts]]		[[Category:Fonts]]

ScatteredCognition: Initial Commit

2026-08-04T10:26:59Z

Initial Commit

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=== Flatpak, Distrobox, Appimage and other non-Nix applications can't find system fonts/icons/themes ===
Flatpak, Distrobox, Appimage and alot of other non-Nix applications sometimes have hardcoded FHS path assumptions for locating fonts, icons and themes. These applications usually expect fonts, icons and themes to be available under <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>, <code>/usr/share/icons</code> and <code>/usr/share/themes</code>, respectively.

For these applications, instead of using a complicated <code>fhsEnv</code> solution, users can choose to simply bindmount the directories from <code>/run/current-system/sw/share</code> to their respective locations inside <code>/usr/share</code>.

Note that the following fix uses <code>bindfs</code> instead of normal bindmounting or symlinking. This is because of edgecases like [https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/issues/1859 OnlyOffice] that will not follow symlinks while evaluating resources under <code>/usr/share</code>. Thus, the <code>[https://bindfs.org/docs/bindfs.1.html#sect10 resolve-symlink]</code> functionality of <code>bindfs</code> becomes crucial for covering even the most niche corner cases.
# misc-usr-fix.nix
{ pkgs, ... }:

let
# Mount options for the bind mounts
mountOptions = [
"ro"
"x-gvfs-hide"
# Resolves symlinks as if they were real files
# Needed for things like OnlyOffice
"resolve-symlinks"
];
in
{
# Bind mounts fonts, icons and themes from
# The /run/current-system/sw/share/* paths
# to their /usr/share/* equivalents

# Expose all fonts
# under /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts
fonts.fontDir.enable = true;

# Flatpak: Bind mounts /usr/share/* directories
system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];

# Fonts
fileSystems."/usr/share/fonts" = {
device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts";
fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
options = mountOptions;
};

# Icons
fileSystems."/usr/share/icons" = {
device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/icons";
fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
options = mountOptions;
};

# Themes
fileSystems."/usr/share/themes" = {
device = "/run/current-system/sw/share/themes";
fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
options = mountOptions;
};
}
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Fonts]]

Fixes for non-Nix applications - Revision history

ScatteredCognition: Update formatting and hyperlinks

ScatteredCognition: Initial Commit