XFED(1)XFED(1)NAMExfed - font editor for X Window System BDF font files
SYNOPSISxfed [options] filename.bdf
DESCRIPTIONxfed lets you interactively edit existing bdf-fontfiles.
When started, xfed, opens up a window showing a magnified
version of the characters in the font. There are four
buttons to interact with xfed , two stepping buttons to
advance to the previous/next character in the font, a
write-file button and an exit button.
If you leave xfed without pressing the write-button, no
changes will be written to the fontfile; otherwise the
original fontfile is saved to a backup file (filename~)
and the new output written onto the original fontfile.
xfed accepts the following command line arguments:
-fg colorname
as usual - default is black
-bg colorname
as usual - default is white
-bd colorname
as usual - default is black
note, that this color is also used for the grid;
'xfed -bd red ...' looks nice.
-bw number
as usual - default is 1
-nogrid do not draw a grid (not very useful)
-psize number
to change the pixel magnification factor (default
16)
COMMANDS
When the cursor is in the edit region, each mouse button
has a different effect upon the square that the cursor is
over.
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The left mouse button turns a pixel to black
The right mouse button turns a pixel to white
The middle mouse button inverts a pixel, turning it white
if it was black, or black if it was white.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY - the default host and display number.
SEE ALSOX(1), bitmap(1)
Bitmap Distribution Format
BUGS
Many edit features are missing.
Should be able to change font characteristics and charac-
ter properties.
There is no way to write to a file other than that speci-
fied on the command line.
Should let you set the display font for the info windows.
Rewriting as a toolkit program would solve this.
The size of the grid and bounding box displayed sometimes
seem wrong. The bbx computation in parse.y may be incor-
rect.
If you move the mouse too fast while holding a mouse but-
ton down, some squares may be missed. This is caused by
limitations in how frequently the X server can sample the
mouse location.
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 1988 by Siemens
Claus Gittinger
Software Consultant
Siemens Munich
Dep. D-St-Sp-4
Charles-de-Gaullestr. 2a
8000 Munich/Neuperlach
West Germany
Email: ..!decvax!unido!sinix!claus
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