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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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