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NAME
       page - view FAX, bitmap, and PostScript files

SYNOPSIS
       page file ...

DESCRIPTION
       Page  reads  each  file, either a CCITT Group 3 encoded file (such as a
       FAX page), Plan 9 bitmap file (see bitmap(6)),  or  PostScript  in  se‐
       quence  and  displays  it in its window.  Pressing and holding button 1
       permits panning about the page.  Typing a q or control-D exits the pro‐
       gram.   Typing any other character or clicking button 2 advances to the
       next file.  Button 3 has a menu of the files to be selected for viewing
       in any order.

       When possible, page overlaps the read of the next page with the display
       of the current one.

       Page calls gs(1) to convert PostScript files to Group 3 encoded  files.
       All  are  converted before any pages are displayed.  The menu then dis‐
       plays one line for each page of the documents.

FILES
       /lib/nyt/*
              New York Times FAX files, updated daily.

SEE ALSO
       gs(1)

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/page

DIAGNOSTICS
       The mouse cursor changes to an arrow and ellipsis when page is  reading
       a file.

BUGS
       Page  is  written  in  ALEF  and  therefore has binaries only for MIPS,
       SPARC, and i386 machines.
       If any of the files are PostScript, they all must be.



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