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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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