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.TH PAGE 1
.SH NAME
page \- view FAX, bitmap, and PostScript files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B page
.I file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Page
reads each
.IR file ,
either a CCITT Group 3 encoded file (such as a FAX page),
Plan 9 bitmap file (see
.IR bitmap (6)),
or
.I PostScript
in sequence and displays it in its window.
Pressing and holding button 1 permits panning about the page.
Typing a
.B q
or
control-D exits the program.
Typing any other character or clicking button 2 advances to the next
.IR file .
Button 3 has a menu of the
.I files
to be selected for viewing in any order.
.PP
When possible,
.I page
overlaps the read of the next page with the display of the current one.
.PP
.I Page
calls
.IR gs (1)
to convert PostScript
.I files
to Group 3 encoded files.  All are converted before any pages are displayed.
The menu then displays one line for each page of the documents.
.SH FILES
.TF /lib/nyt/*
.TP
.B /lib/nyt/*
New York Times FAX files, updated daily.
.SH "SEE ALSO
.IR gs (1)
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/page
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The mouse cursor changes to an arrow and ellipsis
when
.I page
is reading a file.
.SH BUGS
.I Page
is written in ALEF and therefore has binaries only for
MIPS, SPARC, and i386 machines.
.br
If any of the
.I files
are PostScript, they all must be.

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