XFED(1)

NAME
xfed - font editor for X Window System BDF font files

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.

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