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.\" $NetBSD: wsfontload.8,v 1.12 2001/04/03 12:02:22 wiz Exp $
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.Dd November 8, 2000
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.Dt WSFONTLOAD 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wsfontload
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.Nd load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm ""
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl f Ar ctldev
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl w Ar width
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl h Ar height
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl e Ar encoding
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl N Ar name
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl b
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl B
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl v
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.Ek
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.Op Ar fontfile
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility loads a font bitmap to a wscons device if the device driver
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supports this.
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The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to
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by later for use on a display screen.
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The font is loaded from the specified
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.Ar fontfile ,
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or from standard input if
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.Ar fontfile
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is not provided.
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.Pp
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The options are:
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.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxx
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.It Fl f Ar ctldev
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Specify the control device of the wscons display to operate on.
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Default is
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.Pa /dev/ttyEcfg .
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.It Fl w Ar width
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Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 8.
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.It Fl h Ar height
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Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 16.
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.It Fl e Ar encoding
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Sets the encoding of the font. This can be either a symbolic abbreviation
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or a numeric value. Currently recognized abbreviations are
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.Ql iso
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for ISO-8859-1 encoding,
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.Ql ibm
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for IBM encoded fonts and
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.Ql pcvt
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for the custom encoding of the supplemental fonts which came with
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the
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.Bx
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.Dq pcvt
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console driver. Per default,
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.Ql iso
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is assumed.
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.It Fl N Ar name
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Specifies a name which can be used later to refer to the font.
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In none is given, the
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.Ar fontfile
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name is used to create one.
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.It Fl b
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Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left bit wise. The default
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is left-to-right.
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.It Fl B
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Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left byte wise. The default
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is left-to-right.
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.It Fl v
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Prints the font's properties before loading it.
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.El
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.Pp
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Typically, the
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.Nm
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utility will be executed in system startup by the
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.Pa /etc/rc.d/wscons
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script, controlled by the
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.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
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configuration file.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Dl wsfontload -N myname -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/vt220l.808
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.Pp
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Load the IBM-encoded 8\(mu8-font from the
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.Xr wscons 4
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distribution. This (or another 8\(mu8-font) is necessary to use the
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50-line screen type on
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.Xr vga 4
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displays.
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.Sh FILES
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.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
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.Pa /usr/share/wscons/fonts
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr wscons 4 ,
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.Xr wsconscfg 8 ,
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.Xr wsconsctl 8
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.Sh BUGS
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Many features are missing.
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.Pp
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There is no way to remove a loaded font.
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