AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

Aliases in a fonts.alias file can allow one scalable alias name to match all
instances of another font. The exclamation (!) character introduces a comment
line in fonts.alias files.
A sample font authorization protocol, hp-hostname-1, has been added. It is based
on host names and is non-authenticating. The client requesting a font from a font
server provides (or passes through from its client) the host name of the ultimate
client of the font.
Note: There is no check that this host name is accurate, as this is a sample
protocol only.
The Speedo rasterizer can now read fonts with retail encryption. This means that
fonts bought over-the-counter at a computer store can be used by the font server
and X-server.
8.2.20.2 Font Server
The font server has been renamed from fs to xfs to avoid confusion with an AFS
program. The fsconf utility is also renamed to xfsconf. The default port has
changed from 7000 (used by AFS) to 7100 and has been registered with the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Until AIX 4.2.1, the default port was 7500
to avoid conflict with the IBM X Station at the time R5 was first shipped on AIX.
This is changed to the new X11R6 default port.
You can now connect to xfs using the local/transport.
8.2.21 X Input Method
For each of the different locales, there is a single default input method associated
with it. The AIX X-window system, prior to the release of X11R6, used the
following default X Input Methods (XIM):
Local
A local single byte input method
Thai
A local type Thai input method
X11R6 XIM Protocol All of server type input methods
As well as these input methods, AIX provides a native input method, AIX IM, with
the release of X11R6. The AIX implementation of X11R6 puts the AIX Input
Method as the default input method.
8.2.21.1 XIM Module Loader
The introduction of the AIX Input Method as the default input method changes the
loading priority of the different input method modules. The new order is show in
the Table 45.
Table 45. XIM Module Loading Priorities
Priority XIM Module Locales XMODIFIERS
1 AIX IM AIX system Depend on AIX IM
2 XC’s Local XLOCALEDIR Local, none
3 XC’s Thai th Don’t care
4 XC’s Proto XIM server Depend on IM servers
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