FS(1) AIX FS(1) NAME fs - X font server SYNOPSIS ffffssss [-config _c_o_n_f_i_g_u_r_a_t_i_o_n__f_i_l_e] [-port _t_c_p__p_o_r_t] DESCRIPTION _F_s is the X Window System font server. It supplies fonts to X Window System display servers. STARTING THE SERVER The server is usually run by a system administrator, and started via boot files like /_e_t_c/_r_c._l_o_c_a_l. Users may also wish to start private font servers for specific sets of fonts. OPTIONS ----ccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggg ccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggguuuurrrraaaattttiiiioooonnnn____ffffiiiilllleeee Specifies the configuration file the font server will use. ----llllssss lllliiiisssstttteeeennnn----ssssoooocccckkkkeeeetttt Specifies a file descriptor which is already set up to be used as the listen socket. This option is only intended to be used by the font server itself when automatically spawning another copy of itself to handle additional connections. ----ppppoooorrrrtttt ttttccccpppp____ppppoooorrrrtttt Specifies the TCP port number on which the server will listen for connections. SIGNALS _S_I_G_T_E_R_M This causes the font server to exit cleanly. _S_I_G_U_S_R_1 This signal is used to cause the server to re-read its configuration file. _S_I_G_U_S_R_2 This signal is used to cause the server to flush any cached data it may have. _S_I_G_H_U_P This signal is used to cause the server to reset, closing all active connections and re-reading the configuration file. CONFIGURATION The configuration language is a list of keyword and value pairs. Each keyword is followed by an '=' and then the desired value. Recognized keywords include: Rev. Release 5 Page 1 FS(1) AIX FS(1) catalogue (list of string) Ordered list of font path element names. Use of the keyword "catalogue" is very misleading at present, the current implementation only supports a single catalogue ("all"), containing all of the specified fonts. alternate-servers (list of string) List of alternate servers for this font server. client-limit (cardinal) Number of clients this font server will support before refusing service. This is useful for tuning the load on each individual font server. clone-self (boolean) Whether this font server should attempt to clone itself when it reachs the client-limit. default-point-size (cardinal) The default pointsize (in decipoints) for fonts that don't specify. default-resolutions (list of resolutions) Resolutions the server supports by default. This information may be used as a hint for pre-rendering, and substituted for scaled fonts which do not specify a resolution. error-file (string) Filename of the error file. All warnings and errors will be logged here. port (cardinal) TCP port on which the server will listen for connec- tions. use-syslog (boolean) Whether syslog(3) (on supported systems) is to be used for errors. EXAMPLE # # sample font server configuration file # # allow a max of 10 clients to connect to this font server client-limit = 10 # when a font server reaches its limit, start up a new one clone-self = on # alternate font servers for clients to use alternate-servers = hansen:7001,hansen:7002 Rev. Release 5 Page 2 FS(1) AIX FS(1) # where to look for fonts # the first is a set of Speedo outlines, the second is a set of # misc bitmaps and the last is a set of 100dpi bitmaps # catalogue = /usr/lib/fonts/speedo, /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/misc, /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/100dpi/ # in 12 points, decipoints default-point-size = 120 # 100 x 100 and 75 x 75 default-resolutions = 100,100,75,75 FONT SERVER NAMES One of the following forms can be used to name a font server that accepts TCP connections: tcp/_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e:_p_o_r_t tcp/_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e:_p_o_r_t/_c_a_t_a_l_o_g_u_e_l_i_s_t The _h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e specifies the name (or decimal numeric address) of the machine on which the font server is running. The _p_o_r_t is the decimal TCP port on which the font server is listening for connections. The _c_a_t_a_l_o_g_u_e_l_i_s_t specifies a list of catalogue names, with '+' as a separator. Examples: _t_c_p/_e_x_p_o._l_c_s._m_i_t._e_d_u:_7_0_0_0, _t_c_p/_1_8._3_0._0._2_1_2:_7_0_0_1/_a_l_l. One of the following forms can be used to name a font server that accepts DECnet connections: decnet/_n_o_d_e_n_a_m_e::font$_o_b_j_n_a_m_e decnet/_n_o_d_e_n_a_m_e::font$_o_b_j_n_a_m_e/_c_a_t_a_l_o_g_u_e_l_i_s_t The _n_o_d_e_n_a_m_e specifies the name (or decimal numeric address) of the machine on which the font server is running. The _o_b_j_n_a_m_e is a normal, case-insensitive DECnet object name. The _c_a_t_a_l_o_g_u_e_l_i_s_t specifies a list of catalogue names, with '+' as a separator. Examples: _D_E_C_n_e_t/_S_R_V_N_O_D::_F_O_N_T$_D_E_F_A_U_L_T, _d_e_c_n_e_t/_4_4._7_0::_f_o_n_t$_s_p_e_c_i_a_l/_s_y_m_b_o_l_s. SEE ALSO X(1), _F_o_n_t _s_e_r_v_e_r _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n _o_v_e_r_v_i_e_w BUGS Multiple catalogues should be supported. COPYRIGHT Rev. Release 5 Page 3 FS(1) AIX FS(1) Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc Copyright 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology See _X(_1) for a full statement of rights and permissions. AUTHORS Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc Keith Packard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rev. Release 5 Page 4