chkfontpath(8) [redhat man page]
CHKFONTPATH(8) Red Hat, Inc. CHKFONTPATH(8) NAME
chkfontpath - simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the X font server's path SYNOPSIS
chkfontpath [-lqfh] [-a name of directory to add] [-r name of directory to remove] DESCRIPTION
chkfontpath provides a simple method of configuring the directories contained in the X font server's path. As of Red Hat 6.0, all fonts in X are served via this separate font server process, not through the main X server process. This speeds up font rendering, and also allows use of font servers which are not running on the local host. chkfontpath is mainly used by rpm in its %post and %postun sections to add and remove new directories to the server's config file at installation and de-installation time of packages containing fonts. -a, --add=name of directory to add Add a directory to the font path. -r, --remove=name of directory to remove Remove a directory from the font path. -l, --list List all directories in the font path. -q, --quiet Quiet operation; don't display any output to the screen, even when there is an error during operation. -f, --first Requires usage of the add command; puts the specified directory first in the font path, rather than last. -h, --help Show detailed help on the command line. When directories are added to the path, some sanity checking is performed to make sure you are not adding a directory without the file fonts.dir contained in it, which the server needs to be able to render fonts properly. When a path is succesfully added or removed, the xfs process is restarted if it is currently running. RETURN CODES
chkfontpath returns 0 on success, or 1 on error. FILES
/etc/X11/fs/config Configuration file for the X font server (xfs). SEE ALSO
xfs(1),fslsfonts(1) AUTHOR
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Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. 4th Berkeley Distribution Thu Jan 18 2001 CHKFONTPATH(8)
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MKFONTDIR(1) General Commands Manual MKFONTDIR(1) NAME
mkfontdir - create an index of X font files in a directory SYNOPSIS
mkfontdir [-n] [-x suffix] [-r] [-p prefix] [-e encoding-directory-name] ... [--] [directory-name ... ] DESCRIPTION
For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all of the font files in the directory searching for properties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file stripped of its suffix. These are converted to lower case and used as font names, and, along with the name of the font file, are written out to the file "fonts.dir" in the directory. The X server and font server use "fonts.dir" to find font files. The kinds of font files read by mkfontdir depend on configuration parameters, but typically include PCF (suffix ".pcf"), SNF (suffix ".snf") and BDF (suffix ".bdf"). If a font exists in multiple formats, mkfontdir will first choose PCF, then SNF and finally BDF. The first line of fonts.dir gives the number of fonts in the file. The remaining lines list the fonts themselves, one per line, in two fields. First is the name of the font file, followed by a space and the name of the font. SCALABLE FONTS
Because scalable font files do not usually include the X font name, the file "fonts.scale" can be used to name the scalable fonts in the directory. The fonts listed in it are copied to fonts.dir by mkfontdir. "fonts.scale" has the same format as the "fonts.dir" file, and can be created with the mkfontscale(1) program. FONT NAME ALIASES
The file "fonts.alias", which can be put in any directory of the font-path, is used to map new names to existing fonts, and should be edited by hand. The format is two white-space separated columns, the first containing aliases and the second containing font-name pat- terns. Lines beginning with "!" are comment lines and are ignored. If neither the alias nor the value specifies the size fields of the font name, this is a scalable alias. A font name of any size that matches this alias will be mapped to the same size of the font that the alias resolves to. When a font alias is used, the name it references is searched for in the normal manner, looking through each font directory in turn. This means that the aliases need not mention fonts in the same directory as the alias file. To embed white space in either name, simply enclose it in double-quote marks; to embed double-quote marks (or any other character), precede them with back-slash: "magic-alias with spaces" ""font name" with quotes" regular-alias fixed If the string "FILE_NAMES_ALIASES" stands alone on a line, each file-name in the directory (stripped of its suffix) will be used as an alias for that font. ENCODING FILES
The option -e can be used to specify a directory with encoding files. Every such directory is scanned for encoding files, the list of which is then written to an "encodings.dir" file in every font directory. The "encodings.dir" file is used by the server to find encoding information. The "encodings.dir" file has the same format as "fonts.dir". It maps encoding names (strings of the form CHARSET_REGISTRY-CHARSET_ENCODING ) to encoding file names. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -e Specify a directory containing encoding files. The -e option may be specified multiple times, and all the specified directories will be read. The order of the entries is significant, as encodings found in earlier directories override those in later ones; encoding files in the same directory are discriminated by preferring compressed versions. -n do not scan for fonts, do not write font directory files. This option is useful when generating encoding directories only. -p Specify a prefix that is prepended to the encoding file path names when they are written to the "encodings.dir" file. The prefix is prepended as-is. If a `/' is required between the prefix and the path names, it must be supplied explicitly as part of the prefix. -r Keep non-absolute encoding directories in their relative form when writing the "encodings.dir" file. The default is to convert rel- ative encoding directories to absolute directories by prepending the current directory. The positioning of this options is signifi- cant, as this option only applies to subsequent -e options. -x suffix Ignore fonts files of type suffix. -- End options. FILES
fonts.dir List of fonts in the directory and the files they are stored in. Created by mkfontdir. Read by the X server and font server each time the font path is set (see xset(1)). fonts.scale List of scalable fonts in the directory. Contents are copied to fonts.dir by mkfontdir. Can be created with mkfontscale(1). fonts.alias List of font name aliases. Read by the X server and font server each time the font path is set (see xset(1)). encodings.dir List of known encodings and the files they are stored in. Created by mkfontdir. Read by the X server and font server each time a font with an unknown charset is opened. SEE ALSO
X(7), Xserver(1), mkfontscale(1), xfs(1), xset(1) X Version 11 mkfontdir 1.0.7 MKFONTDIR(1)