loadfont(1M)


loadfont -- set character font on the 386 console using system locale

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/loadfont

Description

The loadfont command uses the pcfont(1M) command to load the system console fonts. loadfont determines the options to pcfont from the files in /etc/default as follows:

File Variable Value
cofont COFONT 8-bit language configuration file name
coterm MBCONSOLE ``yes'', for a multibyte console, to use the value of LANG
``no'' to use the value of COFONT
locale LANG system default locale

 
 ------------------------------------------------ 
| File  |  Variable |  Value                    | 
|-------|-----------|---------------------------| 
| cofont|  COFONT   |  8-bit language           | 
|       |           |  configuration file name  | 
|-------|-----------|---------------------------| 
| coterm|  MBCONSOLE|  ``yes'', for a multibyte | 
|       |           |  console,  to use the     | 
|       |           |  value of LANG            | 
|       |           |  ``no'' to use the value  | 
|       |           |  of COFONT                | 
|-------|-----------|---------------------------| 
| locale|  LANG     |  system default locale    | 
|-------|-----------|---------------------------| 

See pcfont(1M) for details about the values of COFONT and LANG.

loadfont is normally only run from an init script.

Files

/etc/default/cofont

/etc/default/coterm

/etc/default/locale

References

cofont(4), coterm(4), locale(4), pcfont(1M)
30 January 1998
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