[PATCH 3/4] console_codes.4: mention caveats for xterm's ESC ] 50 command

Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 14:14:57 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-man
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Fonts are only settable if xterm was launched with the right options
(or X11 resources) that would allow this operation.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>
---
 man/man4/console_codes.4 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4
index 2fa8368e1..e309293ca 100644
--- a/man/man4/console_codes.4
+++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ Change log file to
 .I name
 (normally disabled by a compile-time option).
 T}
-ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST	Set font to \f[I]fn\f[].
+ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST	T{
+Set font to \f[I]fn\f[] (normally disabled; cf. the "allowFontOps" resource)
+T}
 .TE
 .P
 It recognizes the following with slightly modified meaning
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