XFBROWS(1) X Version 11 XFBROWS(1)
1 July 1991
NAME
xfbrows - X11 font browser [Version 2.1]
SYNOPSIS
xfbrows [-display disp] [-iconic]
[-geometry geom] [-icongeom geom]
[-bg background] [-fg foreground] [-bw width]
[-fs fontsubstring]
DESCRIPTION
Xfbrows is a simple font browser for X11.
When the window opens, it will display all fonts the server knows in a
scrollable list.
Simply click a fontname (or type one in, with wildcard too) and a
window will come up showing you the font in a scrollable list. Click
any character in the list to find out the ASCII-value of this
character. Click the OK-Button to leave this window.
Clicking ABOUT will display a window showing author and copyright
information. Click OK to leave this window.
You can specify a string to limit the fonts to be included in the list
by typing this string and clicking the LIMIT-Button. For example: to
show only the fonts with "medium" in the name, specify "*medium*" in
the typing line and then click LIMIT. If the font list is limited, you
can't select a fontname by typing it's name. Click COMPLETE to
complete the font list.
Click QUIT to leave the application.
OPTIONS
Xfbrows accepts all X Toolkit command line options listed below:
-display Sets the display to the specified name (Resource name:
display, Type: string, Default: none).
-geometry Specifies the xfbrows position on the screen. You can't
resize the window (Resource name: geometry, Type: string,
Default: none).
-icongeom Specifies the xfbrows icon position on the screen. Only
positive values are excepted, because the size of the icon
depends on the window manager (Resource name: icongeom,
Type: string, Default: none).
-fg Sets the foreground color for the windows (Resource name:
foreground, Type: color, Default: black).
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-bg Sets the background color for the windows (Resource name:
background, Type: color, Default: white).
-bw Specifies the border width for the windows (Resource name:
borderwidth, Type: digit, Default: 2).
-iconic Specifies that xfbrows should start up iconified (Resource
name: iconic, Type: boolean, Default: false).
Xfbrows also accepts the following (non X Toolkit) option:
-limit Specifies a string used to limit the fonts to be included
in the list. Note that the asterisks or question marks
must be quoted to protect them from the shell. (Resource
name: limit, Type: string, Default: "*").
DIAGNOSTICS
Xfbrows exits with EOF (-1) if a fatal error occurs, otherwise with
zero (0). If an error occurs during an action, a error window is
coming up explaining the error. Click the OK-Button to continue
(selected or specified fontnames are then deselected).
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 1991 by
Phade Software
Inh. Frank Gadegast
Schierker Str. 39
1000 Berlin 44 GERMANY
Access: phade@cs.tu-berlin.de
BUGS
Some fonts are not well defined. Xfbrows can't dial them properly.
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