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Re: Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.
From: |
Hongyi Zhao |
Subject: |
Re: Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file. |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 07:46:44 +0800 |
On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 2:24 AM mrf <joinlaw@cock.li> wrote:
>
>
> Hongyi Zhao writes:
>
> > I'm using pdf-tools [1] as the in-line PDF viewer of Emacs. Can I use
> > `M-x describe-char' to inspect/check the characters in the PDF file?
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools
> >
> > Regards
>
> Possible solution is to copy that char with M-w and paste it in other
> buffer such as *scratch* and then inspect it.
>
If so, how can I write a function/micro to do this job automatically?
> I think this would be useful to inspect utf8 math symbol included in
> pdf.
>
It's a valuable method to check/inspect any obscure and rare characters.
Regards
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Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China