update-fonts-alias
compile fonts.alias files
see also :
mkfontdir
Synopsis
update-fonts-alias
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description
update-fonts-alias
assembles a fonts.alias file in an X font directory
using one or more alias files found in a subdirectory of
/etc/X11/fonts/. It is typically invoked only from
the post-installation and post-removal scripts
of a package containing X Window System fonts that
provide aliases for their XLFD names, but may be invoked at
any time to reconstruct fonts.alias files. For each
directory, which is simply the last component of its
path (such as ’75dpi’ or ’misc’),
update-fonts-alias will assemble either
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/directory/fonts.alias or
/usr/share/fonts/X11/directory/fonts.alias
from the files found in
/etc/X11/fonts/directory/package.alias.
This enables
multiple packages to provide aliases for fonts in the same
directory. No font package actually provides the
fonts.alias file in the X font directory itself, so
there is no danger of overwriting one package’s
aliases with those of another.
For instance,
the two packages ’xfonts-base’ and
’xfonts-base-transcoded’ may both
install fonts into the directory
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc. They each place their
fonts.alias files in
/etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias and
/etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base-transcoded.alias
(respectively). update-fonts-alias
concatenates these two files (as well as any others that
match /etc/X11/fonts/misc/*.alias) into
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias.
The format of
fonts.alias files is described in the
mkfontdir(1x) manual page.
An example of
how to use update-fonts-alias in package
maintainer scripts is provided in the Debian Policy
Manual.
options
-h,
--help displays a brief usage message and
exits.
diagnostics
Errors
usage error: one or more font directories must be provided
update-fonts-alias was invoked without operands. Supply
one or more X font directory names to operate on.
usage error: unrecognized option
update-fonts-alias was invoked with an unrecognized option
argument. Use only the options documented in “OPTIONS”, above.
fatal error: path to X font directory must be used
A directory name was supplied that was not an X font directory
name. Supply X font directory names only.
Warnings
warning: absolute path directory was provided
Usage of absolute paths is deprecated. Use only the final
component of the X font directory name for directory.
warning: directory does not exist or is not a
directory
The supplied directory was invalid.
update-fonts-alias skipped it.
environment
COLUMNS
indicates the width of the terminal device in character cells.
This value is used for formatting diagnostic messages. If not
set, the terminal is queried using stty(1) to determine
its width. If that fails, a value of ’80’ is assumed.
exit status
0
update-fonts-alias ran successfully.
1
update-fonts-alias experienced a fatal error; see the
section on diagnostic messages above.
2
update-fonts-alias was invoked with invalid arguments.
operands
update-fonts-alias takes one or more X font directory
names to operate on as operands. Only the final path component of
the directory name should be specified; e.g.,
update-fonts-alias 75dpi
is correct, while ’update-fonts-alias
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ and ’update-fonts-alias
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ are not.
bugs
See the Debian
Bug Tracking System ⟨ URL:
http://bugs.debian.org/xfonts-utils ⟩ . If you
wish to report a bug in
update-fonts-alias, please see
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the
reportbug(1) command.
see also
mkfontdir (1x)
author
update-fonts-alias
was written by Branden Robinson.