m17n-view(1)

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version 1.8.4 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 m17n-view — bestie's guide to viewing files (it's from The m17n Library, section 1) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

m17n-view — view a file, that's literally it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

m17n-view [ XT-OPTION ...] [ OPTION ... ] [ FILE ]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so picture this: you've got a FILE and you want it on a window. That's the gig. Display FILE on a window. Simple. Iconic. No cap. 💅

And if you're feeling mysterious and don't pass a FILE at all? No problem bestie, the input just gets taken from standard input instead. Very demure, very flexible. ✨

Now, XT-OPTIONs — those are your standard Xt arguments, like -fn or -fg. Not our invention, just the classic X toolkit ones you already know and love. 🌈

The following OPTIONs are available, and yes, we're going through all of them because nothing gets skipped on my watch 🫶

  • -e ENCODING — sets ENCODING as the encoding of FILE. If you don't say anything, it defaults to UTF-8, which is honestly the moment. 😌
  • -s FONTSIZE — FONTSIZE is the fontsize in point. And if you omit it? It defaults to the size of the default font that's defined in the X resource. So it's giving "inherit from your environment," and honestly, respect. 👑
  • --version — prints the version number. Very satisfying. Very quick. ⭐
  • -h, --help — prints this message. The classic. The goat. When in doubt, ask for help, bestie. 💜
Heads up gorgeous: the ENCODING default is UTF-8 and the FONTSIZE default comes from the X resource default font — those are defaults, not guesses, so don't come for me if you override them. 🫶

The legal slay, verbatim, because we respect the paperwork:

  • Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
  • Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

Yeah bestie, that's the whole license situation — GNU Free Documentation License, the link is right there, go read it, it's giving ✨legally binding✨ and we love that for us.

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 This was m17n-view from The m17n Library, and this lil rewrite is Version 1.8.4, dated Mon Sep 25 2023 — so go view a file, hydrate, and slay the day, iykyk 🦋💖🎀

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