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author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com> | 2008-05-22 19:46:17 -0700 |
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committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com> | 2008-05-22 19:46:17 -0700 |
commit | 7b43c5804a406baacdeb88d4192ce0810994e8d8 (patch) | |
tree | 0bfd25f50577fd66cb85f454c0b43209dc806c2f /fslsfonts.man | |
parent | 02e0bc6cebba093a382e0ab57ebe02e0c467b0d5 (diff) |
Clarify syntax of -server & FONTSERVER in man page
Diffstat (limited to 'fslsfonts.man')
-rw-r--r-- | fslsfonts.man | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fslsfonts.man b/fslsfonts.man index 891aa0e..ca2b3b6 100644 --- a/fslsfonts.man +++ b/fslsfonts.man @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fslsfonts \- list fonts served by X font server .B fslsfonts [\-options ...] [\-fn pattern] .SH DESCRIPTION -.I Fslsfonts +.I fslsfonts lists the fonts that match the given \fIpattern\fP. The wildcard character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters (including none), and "?" to match any single character. @@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ being expanded by the shell. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP .TP 8 -.B \-server \fIhost\fP:\fIport\fP +.B \-server \fIservername\fP This option specifies the X font server to contact. +.I servername +must be specified in one of the formats defined in the +.I Font Server Names +section of X(__miscmansuffix__). If not specified, the server name in the +.B FONTSERVER +environment variable is used. .PP .TP 8 .B \-l @@ -83,12 +89,16 @@ number of character specified by \fB\-w\fP \fIwidth\fP. .B \-u This option indicates that the output should be left unsorted. .PP -.SH "SEE ALSO" -xfs(1), showfont(1), xlsfonts(1) .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP 8 .B FONTSERVER -to get the default host and port to use. +To get the default fontserver. The server name must +be specified in one of the formats defined in the +.I Font Server Names +section of X(__miscmansuffix__). +.SH "SEE ALSO" +xfs(__appmansuffix__), showfont(__appmansuffix__), xlsfonts(__appmansuffix__), +X(__miscmansuffix__). .SH BUGS Doing ``fslsfonts \-l'' can tie up your server for a very long time. This is really a bug with single-threaded non-preemptable servers, not with |