mensis (1)

mensis [-cmap maptype] [-depth pixeld] [-display str] [-help] [-keyboard ktype] [-nosplash [-script file] [-sync [-usage] [-vc vclass] [-version] fontfile ...

The program mensis allows you to examine and modify some of the tables in a truetype or opentype font.

If the argument list contains a font file name (or several), pfaedit opens a table view window for each font displaying all the tables in that font In the absence of options or arguments, the program opens a file-picker window, allowing you to browse your disk to find a font file.

This manual page is intended only as a rudimentary overview; see the HTML Users Manual for more complete information. http://mensis.sourceforge.net/

-cmap maptype

Employ the specified method to control 8-bit colormaps, where maptype assumes one of these three values:

current

Attempt to allocate colors in the current (shared) colormap. The program will likely not find everything it requires.

copy

Allocate what can be allocated, then copy the current colormap; it can thus make use of cells other programs are using.

private

Create a new colormap and fill it with the required colors.

-depth pixeld

Attempt to employ a visual that matches the specified pixel depth, pixeld.

-display str

Employ the X display specified by the string str (for example: localhost:0).

-help

Display the usage description and start a web client displaying the online documentation.

-keyboard ktype

Alter the displayed menus to employ modifier keys appropriate to the specified keyboard type, where ktype assumes one of the following four values:

ibm

IBM PC type keyboard.

mac

Apple Macintosh keyboard.

sun

Sun workstation keyboard.

ppc

Macintosh keyboard, but on a system running SuSe linux (the mappings differ from those used under MacOS X).

-nosplash

Suppress display of the splash screen.

-script file

Execute the script named file. Does not open the X display. This must be the first argument passed to mensis. Any other arguments are handled by the scriptfile itself. Any other command line arguments will be passed to the script. The program contains a command interpreter which allows access to most but not all of its interactive features. If a scriptfile is executable, and if its first line contains the string "mensis", then the argument -script may be omitted. This means that mensis can be used as an interpreter.

-sync

Make X synchronous. Used primarily for debugging, this option slows X down.

-usage

Display the usage description.

-vc vclass

Attempt to use a visual that matches the class, vclass, specified as either the name of a visual class or an integer enumerating a visual class.

-version

Display the current version (a six digit string containing the date stamp of the source files).

If any of the following environment variables exist, they are used:

BROWSER

Specifies the name of a browser program for examining documentation.

MENSIS_VERBOSE

Turns on verbose mode in scripting. Each statement is printed as it is executed.

/usr/local/share/mensis/*.ui

translations for the user interface

/usr/local/share/doc/mensis/*.html

optional location for online documentation.

pfaedit(1)

The HTML version of the mensis manual, available online at:

http://mensis.sourceforge.net/.

Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by George Williams ([email protected]).

Undoubtedly many, but unknown and ever changing. See

• http://mensis.sourceforge.net/#known-bugs for a current list.