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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-05-22 19:46:17 -0700
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-05-22 19:46:17 -0700
commit7b43c5804a406baacdeb88d4192ce0810994e8d8 (patch)
tree0bfd25f50577fd66cb85f454c0b43209dc806c2f /fslsfonts.man
parent02e0bc6cebba093a382e0ab57ebe02e0c467b0d5 (diff)
Clarify syntax of -server & FONTSERVER in man page
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diff --git a/fslsfonts.man b/fslsfonts.man
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--- 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