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diff --git a/doc/Xserver.man.pre b/doc/Xserver.man.pre index aac3b51c3..c9ee019c6 100644 --- a/doc/Xserver.man.pre +++ b/doc/Xserver.man.pre @@ -508,8 +508,7 @@ its parent process after it has set up the various connection schemes. \fIXdm\fP uses this feature to recognize when connecting to the server is possible. .SH FONTS -The X server -can obtain fonts from directories and/or from font servers. +The X server can obtain fonts from directories and/or from font servers. The list of directories and font servers the X server uses when trying to open a font is controlled by the \fIfont path\fP. @@ -517,8 +516,45 @@ by the \fIfont path\fP. The default font path is __default_font_path__ . .LP +A special kind of directory can be specified using the the \fBcatalogue\fP: +prefix. Directories specified this way can contain symlinks pointing to the +real font directories. See the FONTPATH.D section for details. +.LP The font path can be set with the \fB\-fp\fP option or by \fIxset\fP(1) after the server has started. +.SH "FONTPATH.D" +You can specify a special kind of font path in the form \fBcatalogue:<dir>\fR. +The directory specified after the catalogue: prefix will be scanned for symlinks +and each symlink destination will be added as a local fontfile FPE. +.PP +The symlink can be suffixed by attributes such as '\fBunscaled\fR', which +will be passed through to the underlying fontfile FPE. The only exception is +the newly introduced '\fBpri\fR' attribute, which will be used for ordering +the font paths specified by the symlinks. + +An example configuration: + +.nf + 75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi + ghostscript:pri=60 \-> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript + misc:unscaled:pri=10 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc + type1:pri=40 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1 + type1:pri=50 \-> /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 +.fi + +This will add /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc as the first FPE with the attribute +'unscaled', second FPE will be /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi, also with +the attribute unscaled etc. This is functionally equivalent to setting +the following font path: + +.nf + /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, + /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, + /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1, + /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, + /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript +.fi + .SH FILES .TP 30 .I /etc/X\fBn\fP.hosts |