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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PAGE 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: page \- view FAX, bitmap, and PostScript files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B page
        !             6: .I file ...
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Page
        !             9: reads each
        !            10: .IR file ,
        !            11: either a CCITT Group 3 encoded file (such as a FAX page),
        !            12: Plan 9 bitmap file (see
        !            13: .IR bitmap (6)),
        !            14: or
        !            15: .I PostScript
        !            16: in sequence and displays it in its window.
        !            17: Pressing and holding button 1 permits panning about the page.
        !            18: Typing a
        !            19: .B q
        !            20: or
        !            21: control-D exits the program.
        !            22: Typing any other character or clicking button 2 advances to the next
        !            23: .IR file .
        !            24: Button 3 has a menu of the
        !            25: .I files
        !            26: to be selected for viewing in any order.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: When possible,
        !            29: .I page
        !            30: overlaps the read of the next page with the display of the current one.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: .I Page
        !            33: calls
        !            34: .IR gs (1)
        !            35: to convert PostScript
        !            36: .I files
        !            37: to Group 3 encoded files.  All are converted before any pages are displayed.
        !            38: The menu then displays one line for each page of the documents.
        !            39: .SH FILES
        !            40: .TF /lib/nyt/*
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: .B /lib/nyt/*
        !            43: New York Times FAX files, updated daily.
        !            44: .SH "SEE ALSO
        !            45: .IR gs (1)
        !            46: .SH SOURCE
        !            47: .B /sys/src/cmd/page
        !            48: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            49: The mouse cursor changes to an arrow and ellipsis
        !            50: when
        !            51: .I page
        !            52: is reading a file.
        !            53: .SH BUGS
        !            54: .I Page
        !            55: is written in ALEF and therefore has binaries only for
        !            56: MIPS, SPARC, and i386 machines.
        !            57: .br
        !            58: If any of the
        !            59: .I files
        !            60: are PostScript, they all must be.

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