shownonascii(1)

📦 version 2.7.19, in opensuse-leap 16.0

okay so welcome to shownonascii(1), straight outta the General Commands Manual, and bestie this page is short but it’s doing the most in the cutest way. 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

shownonascii — view all or part of a mail message in a non-ASCII font. That’s the whole vibe: mail message, non-ASCII font, all or part. Slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

shownonascii charset-font-name [-e command-to-execute] file-name(s)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The shownonascii program lets data in non-ASCII character sets be viewed under X11. No cap. By default, it will open up an xterm using the font named in the first argument, running the more command to view all of the files named on the command line. The first argument is charset-font-name, and it’s lowkey carrying the charset + font situation.

  • -e — if the -e switch is used, the rest of the command line (the command-to-execute slot) will be taken as the command to tell xterm to run instead of more. Periodt. So you’re like “run this instead, bestie” and xterm is like “say less.”

Then the environment variable tea ☕:

  • If the MM_CHARSET environment variable is set and matches the character set named in the first argument, a new xterm window will not be opened. Not me opening a whole new window when I don’t have to.
  • If the MM_AUXCHARSETS environment variable is set and the character set named in the first argument is a subset of that string, a new xterm window will not be opened. Again: no new window, no drama. 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go read those too, iykyk. 📚

💀 BUGS 💀

Nope.

That’s it. That’s the bugs section. The confidence is iconic, honestly. 💅

The legal bit is giving very serious face, so here’s the actual text, unedited because you do not vibe-edit a license:

Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore) Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this material without the specific, prior written permission of an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore

Sign-off tea, bestie: this page comes from the General Commands Manual, the version tag is Release 1, and there’s no date line on it to report — so that’s the whole footer situation. 🫶💖

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