# HG changeset patch # User Gerd Moellmann # Date 982855007 0 # Node ID 94ea84369e43ce71e5cf5d865b5c15b0f8c387ee # Parent 1203ee52391fb9ddc792624b2a36068861d3180d (Font X): Add description of the manufacturer font name field. Don't allege that Emacs can only use monospaced fonts. diff -r 1203ee52391f -r 94ea84369e43 man/cmdargs.texi --- a/man/cmdargs.texi Thu Feb 22 14:58:21 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi Thu Feb 22 15:16:47 2001 +0000 @@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ @end smallexample @table @var +@item maker +This is the name of the font manufacturer. @item family This is the name of the font family---for example, @samp{courier}. @item weight @@ -603,7 +605,7 @@ specify @samp{*} for this and @var{horiz}. @item spacing This is @samp{m} (monospace), @samp{p} (proportional) or @samp{c} -(character cell). Emacs can use @samp{m} and @samp{c} fonts. +(character cell). @item width This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten. @item charset @@ -611,12 +613,11 @@ Normally you should use @samp{iso8859-1}. @end table - Use only fixed-width fonts---that is, fonts in which all characters -have the same width; Emacs cannot yet handle display properly for -variable-width fonts. Any font with @samp{m} or @samp{c} in the -@var{spacing} field of the long name is a fixed-width font. Here's how -to use the @code{xlsfonts} program to list all the fixed-width fonts -available on your system: + You will probably want to use a fixed-width default font---that is, +a font in which all characters have the same width. Any font with +@samp{m} or @samp{c} in the @var{spacing} field of the long name is a +fixed-width font. Here's how to use the @code{xlsfonts} program to +list all the fixed-width fonts available on your system: @example xlsfonts -fn '*x*' | egrep "^[0-9]+x[0-9]+"