Bug#165793: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xlsfonts.1x.gz doesn't explain "pattern" good enough

[Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>]

>>>>> "J" == Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr> writes:

>> The xlsfonts man page doesn't explain "pattern" good enough.
J> $ man xlfonts
J> ...
J>        Xlsfonts  lists  the  fonts that match the given pattern.  The wildcard
J>        character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters  (includ-
J>        ing  none),  and  "?"  to match any single character.  If no pattern is
J>        given, "*" is assumed.
J> ...

J> In what way is that not clear?

I see.  hummm, BTW  we would expect it to act like "ls".  Obviously it matches more:
$ xlsfonts taip*
-eten-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-160-big5.eten-0
-eten-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-240-big5.eten-0
taipei16
taipei24

OK, mention it will get aliases etc.
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