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     XFS(1)		X Version 11 (Release 6.4)		XFS(1)



     NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
	  xfs -	X font server

     SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  xfs [-config configuration_file] [-port tcp_port]

     DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Xfs is the X Window System font server.  It supplies fonts
	  to X Window System display servers.

     STARTING THE SERVER    [Toc]    [Back]
	  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.

     OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  -config configuration_file
		  Specifies the	configuration file the font server
		  will use.

	  -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.

	  -port	tcp_port
		  Specifies the	TCP port number	on which the server
		  will listen for connections.	The default port
		  number is 7100.

     SIGNALS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  SIGTERM This causes the font server to exit cleanly.

	  SIGUSR1 This signal is used to cause the server to re-read
		  its configuration file.

	  SIGUSR2 This signal is used to cause the server to flush any
		  cached data it may have.

	  SIGHUP  This signal is used to cause the server to reset,
		  closing all active connections and re-reading	the
		  configuration	file.

     CONFIGURATION    [Toc]    [Back]
	  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:



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	  catalogue (list of string)
	       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.

	  alternate-servers (list of string)
	       List of alternate servers for this font server.

	  client-limit (cardinal)
	       Number of clients this font server will support before
	       refusing	service.  This is useful for tuning the	load
	       on each individual font server.

	  clone-self (boolean)
	       Whether this font server	should attempt to clone	itself
	       when it reachs the client-limit.

	  default-point-size (cardinal)
	       The default pointsize (in decipoints) for fonts that
	       don't specify.  The default is 120.

	  default-resolutions (list of resolutions)
	       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.

	  error-file (string)
	       Filename	of the error file.  All	warnings and errors
	       will be logged here.

	  port (cardinal)
	       TCP port	on which the server will listen	for
	       connections.

	  use-syslog (boolean)
	       Whether syslog(3) (on supported systems)	is to be used
	       for errors.

	  deferglyphs (string)
	       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.

     EXAMPLE    [Toc]    [Back]
	  #
	  # sample font	server configuration file
	  #



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	  # 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: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


     FONT SERVER NAMES    [Toc]    [Back]
	  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.




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	  Examples: DECnet/SRVNOD::FONT$DEFAULT,
	  decnet/44.70::font$special/symbols.

     SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
	  X(1),	The X Font Service Protocol,
	  Font server implementation overview

     BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Multiple catalogues should be	supported.

     AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Dave Lemke, Network Computing	Devices, Inc
	  Keith	Packard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology










































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