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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-05-22 19:35:11 -0700
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-05-22 19:35:11 -0700
commitda9d9fc289090e7ac98cbce01b1336aa62cb5e87 (patch)
tree06e1bfaae26d36b56eaa05becd3e8848f2a58739
parent6be4cac93365ef3f21fe867518f7b67dd386a388 (diff)
Clarify syntax of -server & FONTSERVER in man page
-rw-r--r--showfont.man15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/showfont.man b/showfont.man
index 4b01242..14074e9 100644
--- a/showfont.man
+++ b/showfont.man
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ being expanded by the shell.
If no pattern is given, "*" is assumed.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 8
-.B \-server \fIhost\fP:\fIport\fP
+.B \-server \fIservername\fP
The X font server to contact.
+.I servername
+must be specified in one of the formats defined in the
+.I Font Server Names
+section of X(__miscmansuffix__). If not specified, the server name in the
+.B FONTSERVER
+environment variable is used.
.TP 8
.BI \-fn " name"
The font to display.
@@ -71,11 +77,14 @@ where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax).
Do not show the font properties.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
xfs(__appmansuffix__), fslsfonts(__appmansuffix__),
-fstobdf(__appmansuffix__), xlsfonts(__appmansuffix__)
+fstobdf(__appmansuffix__), xlsfonts(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__).
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP 8
.B FONTSERVER
-the default X font server to contact.
+the default X font server to contact. The server name must
+be specified in one of the formats defined in the
+.I Font Server Names
+section of X(__miscmansuffix__).
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
.br