XFED(1)                    X Version 11(17 Mar 1988)                    XFED(1)


NAME
      xfed - font editor for X window systems bdf fontfiles


SYNOPSIS
      xfed [options] filename.bdf


DESCRIPTION
      xfed 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.

      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.


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ENVIRONMENT
      DISPLAY - the default host and display number.


SEE ALSO
      X(1), bitmap(1)
      Bitmap Distribution Format


BUGS
      Many edit features are missing.

      Should be able to change font characteristics and character properties.

      There is no way to write to a file other than that specified 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 incorrect.

      If you move the mouse too fast while holding a mouse button 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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