MENSIS(1) General Commands Manual MENSIS(1)
NAME
mensis - To or for, by with or from TrueType tables
SYNOPSIS
mensis [-cmap maptype] [-depth pixeld] [-display str] [-help] [-keyboard ktype] [-nosplash [-script file] [-sync [-usage] [-vc vclass]
[-version] fontfile ...
DESCRIPTION
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://men-
sis.sourceforge.net/
OPTIONS
-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 follow-
ing 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 com-
mand 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 inter-
preter.
-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).
ENVIRONMENT
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.
FILES
/usr/local/share/mensis/*.ui
translations for the user interface
/usr/local/share/doc/mensis/*.html
optional location for online documentation.
SEE ALSO
pfaedit(1)
The HTML version of the mensis manual, available online at:
http://mensis.sourceforge.net/.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by George Williams (gww@silcom.com).
BUGS
Undoubtedly many, but unknown and ever changing. See
http://mensis.sourceforge.net/#known-bugs for a current list.
13 October 2003 MENSIS(1)