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doc: Make 'fc-cache -rv' instructions more prominent. 

* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Move the "fc-cache" instructions
next to the Fontconfig paragraph and make the command more visible.
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@ -1685,6 +1685,17 @@ to display fonts, you have to install fonts with Guix as well.
Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
@code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
@cindex @code{fc-cache}
@cindex font cache
Once you have installed or removed fonts, or when you notice an
application that does not find fonts, you may need to install Fontconfig
and to force an update of its font cache by running:
@example
guix install fontconfig
fc-cache -rv
@end example
To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in
graphical applications, consider installing
@code{font-adobe-source-han-sans} or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}. The former
@ -1718,13 +1729,6 @@ xset +fp $(dirname $(readlink -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir)
After that, you can run @code{xlsfonts} (from @code{xlsfonts} package)
to make sure your TrueType fonts are listed there.
@cindex @code{fc-cache}
@cindex font cache
After installing fonts you may have to refresh the font cache to use
them in applications. The same applies when applications installed via
Guix do not seem to find fonts. To force rebuilding of the font cache
run @code{fc-cache -rv}. The @code{fc-cache} command is provided by
the @code{fontconfig} package.
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