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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-02-05 13:49:25 +0000
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PCVT userland utilities.
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1992,1993,1994 Hellmuth Michaelis
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by Hellmuth Michaelis
+.\" 4. The name authors may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" 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.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)loadfont.1, 3.00, Last Edit-Date: [Mon Jan 10 21:25:01 1994]
+.\"
+.Dd January 3, 1993
+.Dt LOADFONT 1
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm loadfont
+.Nd is used to load fonts into EGA or VGA boards for use by the 'pcvt' video
+driver.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm loadfont
+.Op Fl c Ar charsetno
+.Op Fl f Ar fontfilename
+.Op Fl i
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm loadfont
+utility is used to load fonts needed for proper operation of the pcvt
+VT220 driver on EGA and VGA boards into the font ram of this boards.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl c
+Specifies the slot, the font is to load into. EGA boards have four
+slots and VGA boards have eight slots available for downloading fonts.
+.It Fl f
+Specifies the file which contains the font to be downloaded.
+.It Fl i
+Gives information what type(s) of font do currently reside in which slot.
+This is also the default behaviour if no options are specified on the commandline.
+.El
+.Pp
+This utility is used only on EGA and VGA boards, as MDA, HCG and CGA boards
+do not have downloadable charactersets available.
+.Sh FILES
+Unless otherwise specified in the Makefile, the following fontfiles are
+available for the pcvt 2.0 distribution:
+
+.nf
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220l.808: 8x8 IBM II font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220h.808: 8x8 Extension font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220l.810: 8x10 IBM II font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220h.810: 8x10 Extension font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220l.814: 8x14 IBM II font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220h.814: 8x14 Extension font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220l.816: 8x16 IBM II font
+/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220h.816: 8x16 Extension font
+.fi
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The command
+.Dq Li loadfont -c0 -f/usr/share/misc/vgafonts/vt220l.816
+loads a 8x16 font containing the standard IBM characterset II into font slot
+0 on a VGA or EGA board.
+.Sh BUGS
+No known bugs
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cursor 1 ,
+.Xr scon 1 ,
+.Xr pcvt 8
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