88 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
88 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 2000 Hellmuth Michaelis
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" Last Edit-Date: [Mon Mar 27 17:07:57 2000]
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 27, 2000
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.Dt LOADFONT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm loadfont
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.Nd pcvt utility for loading fonts into VGA/EGA boards
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl c Ar charsetno
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.Op Fl d Ar devicefile
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.Op Fl f Ar fontfilename
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.Op Fl i
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility is used to load fonts needed for proper operation of the pcvt
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VT220 driver on EGA and VGA boards into the font ram of this boards.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl c
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Specifies the slot, the font is to load into.
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EGA boards have four
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slots and VGA boards have eight slots available for downloading fonts.
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.It Fl d
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Specifies the devicefile to use.
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.It Fl f
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Specifies the file which contains the font to be downloaded.
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.It Fl i
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Gives information what type(s) of font do currently reside in which slot.
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This is also the default behaviour if no options are specified on the commandline.
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.El
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.Pp
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This utility is used only on EGA and VGA boards, as MDA, HCG and CGA boards
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do not have downloadable charactersets available.
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.Sh FILES
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The following fontfiles are available in the pcvt distribution:
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.Bd -literal
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.808: 8x8 IBM II font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.808: 8x8 Extension font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.810: 8x10 IBM II font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.810: 8x10 Extension font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.814: 8x14 IBM II font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.814: 8x14 Extension font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.816: 8x16 IBM II font
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/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.816: 8x16 Extension font
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.Ed
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The command
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.Dq Li loadfont -c0 -f/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.816
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loads a 8x16 font containing the standard IBM characterset II into font slot
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0 on a VGA or EGA board.
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.Sh BUGS
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No known bugs
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cursor 1 ,
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.Xr scon 1 ,
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.Xr pcvt 4 ,
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.Xr ispcvt 8
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