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cgen(1)
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
  -odl
      Creates ODL font files for all the supported codesets of the current
      language.

  -pre
      Creates preload font files.

  -col
      Creates collating value tables.

  -iks
      Creates input key sequence files.

  -bdf
      Creates BDF format DECwindows font files.

  -pcf
      Creates PCF format DECwindows font files.

  -code codeset
      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.

  -size fontsize
      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.

  -osiz fontsize
      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.

  -dpi 75|100
      Specifies the resolution, either 75dpi or 100dpi, of the generated
      fonts.

  -fprop "property_list"
      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.

  -merge font-pattern
      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.

  -win userfont
      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
  cadb
      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 File	       System Location		     User Location
  _______________________________________________________________________
  ODL font file	       /var/i18n/odl		     ~/.odl
  Preload file	       /var/i18n/fonts		     ~/.fonts
  BDF font file	       /var/i18n/fonts		     ~/.fonts
  PCF font file					     ~/.fonts/[75|100]dpi

		       /var/i18n/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)

  Writing Software for the International Market

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