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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CHAR 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: char, ½char, rschar \- browse the Unicode Standard
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B char
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I font
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .br
        !            10: .B ½char
        !            11: [
        !            12: .B -s
        !            13: .I file
        !            14: ]
        !            15: [
        !            16: .I font
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .br
        !            19: .B rschar
        !            20: [
        !            21: .B -bgj
        !            22: ]
        !            23: [
        !            24: .B -s
        !            25: .I file
        !            26: ]
        !            27: [
        !            28: .I font
        !            29: ]
        !            30: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            31: .I Char
        !            32: displays two square arrays of characters on the screen.  The left square shows
        !            33: the first character of each 256-character page of the Unicode Standard.
        !            34: The right square
        !            35: shows the contents of one page.
        !            36: Using button 1 or 2 to select a character in the
        !            37: left square changes the right square to display the corresponding page and
        !            38: displays the offset and name of the page in the upper left corner of the screen.
        !            39: Selecting a character in the right square displays its hexadecimal value and
        !            40: name.
        !            41: In addition, any characters selected with
        !            42: button 2 are added to the end of 8½'s snarf buffer.  Button 3 pops up a menu containing an
        !            43: .I exit
        !            44: button, whose selection must be confirmed by pressing button 3 again
        !            45: and a
        !            46: .I clear snarf
        !            47: button that empties the snarf buffer.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: The optional argument indicates which font to use (default
        !            50: .BR $font ).
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: .I ½char
        !            53: is intended for a smaller window and displays only a single
        !            54: 256-character panel.  Clicking button 1 on a character displays its
        !            55: code and, if possible, description; button 2 works similarly, but also
        !            56: writes the character to
        !            57: .IR file ,
        !            58: default
        !            59: .B /dev/snarf
        !            60: (8½'s snarf buffer), which it displays near the bottom of the
        !            61: window.  Clicking button 3 selects the page corresponding to
        !            62: the cursor position in the panel.  Typed characters are added to the
        !            63: file, except:
        !            64: backspace
        !            65: deletes the last character;
        !            66: control-U
        !            67: clears the buffer;
        !            68: control-D
        !            69: exits.
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: .I Rschar
        !            72: is the radical/stroke chart from Volume 2 of the Unicode Standard.
        !            73: Flags can be used to restrict the display to one or more Asian
        !            74: character sets:
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .B -b
        !            77: Big Five (traditional Chinese).
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: .B -g
        !            80: GB 2312-80 (simplified Chinese).
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: .B -j
        !            83: JIS X 0208-1990 (Japanese).
        !            84: .PP
        !            85: By default, all characters are shown.
        !            86: Button 3 controls a menu to change flag selections.
        !            87: Radicals are shown in a panel on the left side
        !            88: of the window.  Clicking on a radical with button 1 or 2 brings up, on
        !            89: the right, a panel of characters ordered by stroke count.  If the
        !            90: window is too small to contain them all, one may scroll through
        !            91: successive panels by clicking on arrows that appear at the top.
        !            92: Clicking on a character with button 1 displays its code; clicking with
        !            93: button 2 adds the character to the snarf buffer.  Typed characters
        !            94: behave as in
        !            95: .IR ½char .
        !            96: .SH FILES
        !            97: .B /lib/unicode
        !            98: contains the names of the unicode characters.  Many characters have no name.
        !            99: .SH SOURCE
        !           100: .B /sys/src/cmd/char.c
        !           101: .br
        !           102: .B /sys/src/cmd/½char.c
        !           103: .br
        !           104: .B /sys/src/cmd/rschar
        !           105: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           106: 8½(1), 8½(4)
        !           107: .SH BUGS
        !           108: .I Char
        !           109: needs a largish window to work properly and doesn't complain if it doesn't
        !           110: get it.

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