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NAME
xlsfonts - server font list displayer for X
SYNOPSIS
xlsfonts [-display host:dpy] [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C] [-1] [-w
width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-fn pattern]
xlsfonts -printer printername [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C] [-1] [-w
width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-b] [-B] [-g] [-G] [-x mode]
[-X mode] [-fn pattern]
DESCRIPTION
xlsfonts lists the fonts that match the given pattern. The wildcard
character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters (includ-
ing none), and "?" to match any single character. If no pattern is
given, "*" is assumed.
The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them from being
expanded by the shell.
OPTIONS
-display host:dpy
This option specifies the X server to contact.
-printer printername
This option specifies the Xprint printer to contact.
-d host:dpy
Same as -display host:dpy.
-p printername
Same as -printer printername.
-l Lists some attributes of the font on one line in addition to
its name.
-ll Lists font properties in addition to -l output.
-lll Lists character metrics in addition to -ll output.
-m This option indicates that long listings should also print the
minimum and maximum bounds of each font.
-C This option indicates that listings should use multiple
columns. This is the same as -n 0.
-1 This option indicates that listings should use a single column.
This is the same as -n 1.
-w width
This option specifies the width in characters that should be
used in figuring out how many columns to print. The default is
79.
-n columns
This option specifies the number of columns to use in display-
ing the output. By default, it will attempt to fit as many
columns of font names into the number of character specified by
-w width.
-u This option indicates that the output should be left unsorted.
-o 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).
-b List printer builtin fonts. This is the same as -x
xp-list-internal-printer-fonts.
(printer mode only)
-B Do not list printer builtin fonts. This is the same as -X
xp-list-internal-printer-fonts.
(printer mode only)
-g List glyph fonts. This is the same as -x xp-list-glyph-fonts.
(printer mode only)
-G Do not list glyph fonts. This is the same as -X
xp-list-glyph-fonts.
(printer mode only)
-x mode
Enable listfont mode mode.
Supported modes are:
xp-listinternal-printer-fonts
If xp-listinternal-printer-fonts was set (via option -b
or -x xp-listinternal-printer-fonts xlsfonts will
include all of the fonts defined as internal printer
fonts.
xp-list-glyph-fonts
If xp-list-glyph-fonts was set (via option -g or -x
xp-list-glyph-fonts) xlsfonts will include all of the
fonts available to the server which have glyphs associ-
ated with them.
The default value is implicitly determined by the ddx driver to be the
all of the listfonts modes specified in the xp-listfonts-modes-sup-
ported printer attribute.
The value of xp-listfonts-modes-supported and xp-listfonts-modes (the
defaults) can be looked-up via xplsprinters(1x).
(printer mode only)
-X mode
Disable listfont mode mode. See option -x for a list of valid
mode values.
(printer mode only)
-fn pattern
This option specifies the font name pattern to match.
SEE ALSO
X(7x), Xprint(7x), Xserver(1x), xset(1x), xfd(1x), xplsprinters(1x), X
Logical Font Description Conventions
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
DISPLAY must be set to get the default host and display to use.
XPSERVERLIST
XPSERVERLIST must be set for the -printer option identifying
the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7x) for more details.
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.
AUTHOR
Mark Lillibridge
Jim Fulton
Phil Karlton
Roland Mainz
8 October 2004 xlsfonts(1x)
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