xfs, fs - X font server
xfs [-config configuration_file] [-port tcp_port]
Specifies the configuration file the font server will use.
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.
Specifies the TCP port number on which the
server will listen for connections. The default port number
is 7100.
xfs is the X Window System font server. It supplies fonts
to X Window System display servers.
The server is usually run by a system administrator, and
started via boot files like /etc/rc.local. Users may also
wish to start private font servers for specific sets of
fonts.
On Tru64 UNIX systems, when the optional worldwide language-support
subsets are installed, the /sbin/init.d/xfs
script is available to create and delete configuration
file information for xfs or to manually start and stop the
server. The script command line has the following syntax:
/sbin/init.d/xfs operation
The operation argument is one of the following keywords:
Disables autostart of the font server by removing its configuration
file. Enables autostart of the font server
after each reboot by creating a configuration file.
Starts the font server. Stops the font server.
The /sbin/init.d/xfs script is provided mainly for use
with the wwpsof print filter, which uses the X font server
to access bitmap fonts that the filter converts to
PostScript encoding. See wwpsof(8) for more information
about this print filter.
This causes the font server to exit cleanly. This signal
is used to cause the server to re-read its configuration
file. This signal is used to cause the server to flush
any cached data it may have. This signal is used to cause
the server to reset, closing all active connections and
re-reading the configuration file.
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: The name of a configuration
file that defines the code sets and character associations
for glyph caching when the font server is reading fonts
from another font server. The default cache-config file
is /usr/var/X11/fs/fs_cache_config. If this configuration
file is defined or if the default fs_cache_config file
exists, glyph caching will be enabled when the font server
is reading from a font server for those fonts whose code
sets are specified in the file. 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. List of alternate servers for this font
server. Number of clients this font server will support
before refusing service. This is useful for tuning the
load on each individual font server. Whether this font
server should attempt to clone itself when it reaches the
client-limit. The default pointsize (in decipoints) for
fonts that do not specify. The default is 120. 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. A resolution
is a comma-separated pair of x and y resolutions in
pixels per inch. Multiple resolutions are separated by
commas. Filename of the error file. All warnings and
errors will be logged here. TCP port on which the server
will listen for connections. The default port number is
7100. Whether syslog(3) on supported systems is to be
used for errors. A list of font renderer libraries. Each
entry is a library name that can optionally be followed by
a semi-colon (;) and the name of the library's initialization
routine. The following examples show three valid
ways to format a renderers list entry:
libfr_Type1.so
/usr/shlib/X11/libfr_Type1.so
libfr_Type1.so;Type1RegisterFontFileFunctions
If the initialization routine is not specified, an
attempt is made to construct the routine name from
the library name. If the name of the library
begins with the string libfr_ and ends with RegisterFontFileFunctions
to construct the initialization
routine name. For either of the first two
examples, the string Type1 would have been
extracted and used to construct the routine name
Type1RegisterFontFileFunctions.
This initialization routine registers the font formats
that it can render in exactly the same manner
as the statically linked renderers in the X11R6
sample implementation. Set the mode for delayed
fetching and caching of glyphs. Value is "none",
meaning deferred glyphs is disabled, "all", meaning
it is enabled for all fonts, and "16", meaning it
is enabled only for 16-bits fonts.
# # 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 alternateservers
= hansen:7101,hansen:7102
# 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/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/speedo,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
# in 12 points, decipoints default-point-size = 120
# 100 x 100 and 75 x 75 default-resolutions =
100,100,75,75 use-syslog = off
# dynamically loaded renderers renderers =
libfr_Type1.so;Type1RegisterFontFileFunctions,
libfr_Speedo.so;SpeedoRegisterFontFileFunctions
One of the following forms can be used to name a font
server that accepts TCP connections:
tcp/hostname:port tcp/hostname:port/cataloguelist
The hostname specifies the name (or decimal numeric
address) of the machine on which the font server is running.
The port is the decimal TCP port on which the font
server is listening for connections. The cataloguelist
specifies a list of catalogue names, with '+' as a separator.
Examples: tcp/fs.x.org:7100, tcp/18.30.0.212:7101/all.
One of the following forms can be used to name a font
server that accepts DECnet connections:
decnet/nodename::font$objname decnet/nodename::font$objname/cataloguelist
The nodename specifies the name (or decimal numeric
address) of the machine on which the font server is running.
The objname is a normal, case-insensitive DECnet
object name. The cataloguelist specifies a list of catalogue
names, with '+' as a separator.
Examples: DECnet/SRVNOD::FONT$DEFAULT, decnet/44.70::font$special/symbols.
Multiple catalogues should be supported.
X(1X), Font server implementation overview
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc
Keith Packard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
xfs(1X)
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