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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2022-09-10 13:42:13 -0700
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2022-09-10 13:42:13 -0700
commit314d802f6870a08163b47e058eeda775b8257744 (patch)
tree40770d23804d3210fef1406970689eae98cef700 /man
parent8a29554a2edd31bf6f54babad0a13abb5618a155 (diff)
man page: emphasize this program is for querying an X server
Try to answer the question "How is this different from fslsfonts?" Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
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-rw-r--r--man/xlsfonts.man6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/xlsfonts.man b/man/xlsfonts.man
index 44c445d..76a362c 100644
--- a/man/xlsfonts.man
+++ b/man/xlsfonts.man
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
.\" -*- coding: us-ascii -*-
.TH xlsfonts __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
.SH NAME
-xlsfonts \- server font list displayer for X
+xlsfonts \- list fonts available to X server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ad l
\fBxlsfonts\fR
[\fB\-display \fBhost:dpy\fR\fR] [\fB\-l\fR] [\fB\-ll\fR] [\fB\-lll\fR] [\fB\-m\fR] [\fB\-C\fR] [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-w \fBwidth\fR\fR] [\fB\-n \fBcolumns\fR\fR] [\fB\-u\fR] [\fB\-o\fR] [\fB\-fn \fBpattern\fR\fR] [\fB\-v\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-xlsfonts lists the fonts that match the given pattern.
+xlsfonts lists the fonts available on an X server that match the given pattern.
The wildcard character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters
(including none), and "?" to match any single character.
If no pattern is given, "*" is assumed.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ and exit.
\fBDISPLAY\fR
\fBDISPLAY\fR must be set to get the default host and display to use.
.SH BUGS
-Doing ``xlsfonts -l'' can tie up your server for a very long time.
+Doing ``xlsfonts -l'' can tie up your X server for a very long time.
This is really a bug with single-threaded
non-preemptable servers, not with this program.
.SH AUTHOR