From 998c3c37fc9c964ccc299ba35938d7cffd33877c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prculley <paulr2787@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:09:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add GUI and CLI config option to allow easy setting

---
 gramps/gen/config.py    |  1 +
 gramps/grampsapp.py     |  4 +++-
 gramps/gui/configure.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/config.py b/gramps/gen/config.py
index 2733e4999..78b066e06 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/config.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/config.py
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ register('paths.quick-backup-filename',
 register('preferences.date-format', 0)
 register('preferences.calendar-format-report', 0)
 register('preferences.cprefix', 'C%04d')
+register('preferences.alternate-fonthandler', False)
 register('preferences.default-source', False)
 register('preferences.tag-on-import', False)
 register('preferences.tag-on-import-format', _("Imported %Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"))
diff --git a/gramps/grampsapp.py b/gramps/grampsapp.py
index 3257e2cc1..ad7177125 100644
--- a/gramps/grampsapp.py
+++ b/gramps/grampsapp.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from .gen.const import APP_GRAMPS, USER_DIRLIST, HOME_DIR
 from .gen.constfunc import mac
 from .version import VERSION_TUPLE
 from .gen.constfunc import win, get_env_var
+from gramps.gen.config import config
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -449,7 +450,8 @@ def run():
         startcli(error, argpars)
 
 def main():
-    if win() and ('PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND' not in os.environ):
+    if win() and ('PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND' not in os.environ) and \
+            config.get('preferences.alternate-fonthandler'):
         os.environ['PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND'] = "fontconfig"
     errors = run()
     if errors and isinstance(errors, list):
diff --git a/gramps/gui/configure.py b/gramps/gui/configure.py
index 3b87aa358..c14e47a59 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/configure.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/configure.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ from gramps.gen.plug.utils import available_updates
 from .plug import PluginWindows
 from gramps.gen.errors import WindowActiveError
 from .spell import HAVE_GTKSPELL
+from gramps.gen.constfunc import win
 _ = glocale.translation.gettext
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1286,8 +1287,15 @@ class GrampsPreferences(ConfigureDialog):
         grid.set_row_spacing(6)
 
         current_line = 0
-        self.add_checkbox(grid, 
-                _('Add default source on GEDCOM import'), 
+        if win():
+            self.add_checkbox(grid,
+                    _('Use alternate Font handler for GUI and Reports '
+                      '(requires restart)'),
+                    current_line, 'preferences.alternate-fonthandler')
+
+            current_line += 1
+        self.add_checkbox(grid,
+                _('Add default source on GEDCOM import'),
                 current_line, 'preferences.default-source')
 
         current_line += 1