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From: parlier@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Randy Parlier)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: User definable font aliases
Message-ID: <7779@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 14 Apr 90 23:25:37 GMT
Reply-To: parlier@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Randy Parlier)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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>In article <134169@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> argv%turnpike@Sun.COM (Dan Heller) writes:
>
>   The system administrator can edit fonts.dir and fonts.alias, but there
>   doesn't seem to be a way for the user to do this.  It would sure be nice
>   for me to alias one of those very long font names to a common name that
>   I'd like to use.  Anyone have ideas on this?
>


	I think another good way is to have your system administrator
	edit the file "fonts.alias" found in the fonts directories and
	put the string "FILE_NAMES_ALIASES" on a single line. 
	
	This in effect will allow any one to use "fontname" without the 
	'.snf' suffix as an alias for that font.  See the man page on
	"mkfontdir" for more info.

	Hope this helps!

	Randy
	parlier@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov