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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-02-22 20:09:29 -0800
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-02-22 20:09:29 -0800
commit528cd6ad67acbc94941835534b6f35395d1f8f94 (patch)
treee22648793e51761403950af4aa86834bcf30807c /xfd.man
parentb5d88c984bd60ea9ef50dd3a12e748bb5b98ec2b (diff)
Update man page to better reflect Xft support
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diff --git a/xfd.man b/xfd.man
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@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ character with the number given in the \fB\-start\fP option will be used.
.PP
The characters are displayed in a grid of boxes, each large enough to hold
any single character in the font. Each character glyph is drawn using
-the PolyText16 request (used by the \fIXlib\fP routine \fBXDrawString16\fP).
+the PolyText16 request (used by the \fIXlib\fP routine \fBXDrawString16\fP)
+or the XftDrawString32 routine, depending on whether the \fB\-fn\fP or
+\fB\-fa\fP option was given.
If the \fB\-box\fP option is given, a rectangle will be drawn around each
character, showing where an ImageText16 request (used by the \fIXlib\fP
routine \fBXDrawImageString16\fP) would cause background color to be displayed.
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ Individual character metrics (index, width, bearings, ascent and descent) can
be displayed at the top of the window by clicking on the desired character.
.PP
The font name displayed at the top of the window is the full name of the
-font, as determined by the server. See \fIxlsfonts\fP for ways to generate
-lists of fonts, as well as more detailed summaries of their metrics and
-properties.
+font, as determined by the server. See \fIxlsfonts\fP and \fIfc-list\fP
+for ways to generate lists of fonts, as well as more detailed summaries of
+their metrics and properties.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
.I xfd
@@ -188,7 +190,8 @@ character does not exist. The default is "no such character
0x%02x%02x (%u,%u) (%#o,%#o)". The arguments that will come after the
format string are the same as for the \fBselectFormat\fP resource.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-X(__miscmansuffix__), xlsfonts(1), xrdb(1), xfontsel(1), fontconfig(3),
+X(__miscmansuffix__), xlsfonts(1), xrdb(1), xfontsel(1), fc-list(1),
+fonts.conf(__filemansuffix__),
.I "X Logical Font Description Conventions"
.SH "BUGS"
The program should skip over pages full of non-existent characters.