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NAME

cgen - Generates UDC attributes files that are used by system utilities  

SYNOPSIS

cgen [-odl] [-pre] [-col] [-iks] [-bdf] [-pcf] [-code codeset] [-size fontsize] [-osiz fontsize] [-dpi 75|100] [-fprop property] [-merge font-pattern] [-win userfont] [cadb]


 

OPTIONS

Creates ODL font files for all the supported codesets of the current language. Creates preload font files. Creates collating value tables. Creates input key sequence files. Creates BDF format DECwindows font files. Creates PCF format DECwindows font files. Sets the current codeset to codeset rather than the one in the current locale. With this option, you can create attribute data files for a non-default codeset. Specifies the size of the fonts to be used for data file generation. The fontsize value has the format widthxheight. By default, fonts of all available sizes are used for output file generation. Specifies the output size of the BDF and PCF font files. The fontsize value has the format widthxheight and, by default, is the same value specified for the -size option. Use the -osiz option together with the -size option to specify a single font size to be processed and output for BDF and PCF files. Specifies the resolution, either 75dpi or 100dpi, of the generated fonts. Specifies the font properties or attributes that should be associated with the generated BDF and PCF font files. This option is useful if you want to set special font properties in addition to the default ones. The property_list parameter is one or more value assignments to property keywords, for example:

-fprop "OWNERSHIP=DEC FOUNDRY=DECW"
Font properties can also be added through direct editing of the output files. Merges the UDC font data into an existing PCF format font file that matches the specified font pattern, for example *-140-*jisx0208*. This option must be used with the -pcf and -size options because only one size is allowed per merge operation.
The fontconverter utility is called to do the actual merging. Therefore, the -merge option works only if fontconverter is available on the system. The name of the output PCF file has the following format:
registry_width_height.pcf
In this format, registry is the font registry field of the original PCF font file. Generates a font file with the name userfont, which can be copied to a Windows Version 3.1 or a Windows NT Version 3.5 system. You must also specify the -size option because only one size can apply to the specified userfont. Supported codesets for font files created by the -win option are big5 (for Chinese Windows systems), SJIS (for Japanese Windows systems), and deckorean (for Korean Windows systems).
 

OPERANDS

Specifies the character attribute database whose information is to be processed. If this parameter is not specified, the command tries to use ~/udc for a nonprivileged user and /var/i18n/udc for the superuser.
 

DESCRIPTION

The cgen command runs the character attributes file generator utility. This utility creates the following attribute data files from the attribute database for user-defined characters (UDCs): Font files for On-Demand Loading (ODL) Font files for preloading BDF and PCF format font files for DECwindows display Collating value tables for sorting Input key sequence files that determine how users enter UDCs

If the command is run without any options, it displays statistical information about the current character attribute database and does not create any files.

The various data files created by the cgen utility are placed into different locations according information in the cp_dirs database configuration file (see cp_dirs(4)). For each type of data file, there are two different locations: one for system manager (root) and the other for the normal users. The following table shows the default locations (when the cp_dirs file has not been changed):


Data FileSystem LocationUser Location

ODL font file/var/i18n/odl~/.odl
Preload file/var/i18n/fonts~/.fonts
BDF font file/var/i18n/fonts~/.fonts
PCF font file /var/i18n/fonts/[75|100]dpi ~/.fonts/[75|100]dpi
Collating table/var/i18n/cdb~/.cdb
Input method table/var/i18n/iks~/.iks

PCF font files are put into the 75dpi or 100dpi subdirectories, depending on the resolution that you specify when running the command.
 

SEE ALSO

Commands: cedit(1), fontconverter(1X)

Files: cp_dirs(4)

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