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diff --git a/man/xlsfonts.man b/man/xlsfonts.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..620464e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/xlsfonts.man @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.\" -*- coding: us-ascii -*- +.TH xlsfonts __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ +.SH NAME +xlsfonts \- server font list displayer for X +.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] +.SH DESCRIPTION +xlsfonts lists the fonts 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. +.PP +The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them from being expanded by the shell. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-display \fIhost:dpy\fB\fR +This option specifies the X server to contact. +.TP +\fB\-d \fIhost:dpy\fB\fR +Same as \fB\-display \fIhost:dpy\fB\fR. +.TP +\fB\-l\fR +Lists some attributes of the font on one line in addition +to its name. +.TP +\fB\-ll\fR +Lists font properties in addition to \fB\-l\fR output. +.TP +\fB\-lll\fR +Lists character metrics in addition to \fB\-ll\fR output. +.TP +\fB\-m\fR +This option indicates that long listings should also print +the minimum and maximum bounds of each font. +.TP +\fB\-C\fR +This option indicates that listings should use multiple columns. +This is the same as \fB\-n 0\fR. +.TP +\fB\-1\fR +This option indicates that listings should use a single column. +This is the same as \fB\-n 1\fR. +.TP +\fB\-w \fIwidth\fB\fR +This option specifies the width in characters that should be +used in figuring out how many columns to print. +The default is 79. +.TP +\fB\-n \fIcolumns\fB\fR +This option specifies the number of columns to use in +displaying the output. By default, it will attempt to +fit as many columns of font names into the number of +character specified by \fB\-w\fR width. +.TP +\fB\-u\fR +This option indicates that the output should be left unsorted. +.TP +\fB\-o\fR +This option indicates that xlsfonts should do an OpenFont +(and QueryFont, if appropriate) rather than a ListFonts. +This is useful if ListFonts or ListFontsWithInfo fail to +list a known font (as is the case with some scaled font +systems). +.TP +\fB\-fn \fIpattern\fB\fR +This option specifies the font name pattern to match. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +\fBX\fR(__miscmansuffix__), \fBXserver\fR(__appmansuffix__), \fBxset\fR(__appmansuffix__), \fBxfd\fR(__appmansuffix__), X Logical Font Description Conventions +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +\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. +This is really a bug with single-threaded +non-preemptable servers, not with this program. +.SH AUTHOR + +Mark Lillibridge +.PP +Jim Fulton +.PP +Phil Karlton +.PP +Roland Mainz + |