Fs is the X Window System font server. It supplies fonts to X Window System display servers.
8 -config configuration_file Specifies the configuration file the font server will use.
8 -ls listen-socket 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.
8 -port tcp_port Specifies the TCP port number on which the server will listen for connections.
8 SIGTERM This causes the font server to exit cleanly.
8 SIGUSR1 This signal is used to cause the server to re-read its configuration file.
8 SIGUSR2 This signal is used to cause the server to flush any cached data it may have.
8 SIGHUP This signal is used to cause the server to reset, closing all active connections and re-reading the configuration file.
Recognized keywords include:
.IP "cache-size (cardinal)"
Size in bytes of the font server cache.
Those clients the fontserver will talk to. Others
will be refused for the initial connection. An empty
list means the server will talk to any client.
# # 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 # 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
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/expo.lcs.mit.edu:7000, tcp/18.30.0.212:7001/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.
See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
Keith Packard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology