XFontAdm

Goals

• Update the font path of a running X server (if it's local).
• Update the font path of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if the server is local).
  • Prioritize the screen resolution of a running X server (which may differ from 96 DPI) when updating the font path.
• Explore core X (server-side) fonts.
• Preview a core X font (incl. rotation support).
• File update behaviour in case files are owned by root:
  • Create a .patch.
  • Create a new file in a directory writable by regular users.
  • Create a shell script to be run with sudo (elevated code in the script).
  • Run the above shell script (elevated code in the script).
  • Fork and elevate the current JVM (elevated code in a .jar file).