chars

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Cha(rs)\n[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/antifuchs/chars.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/antifuchs/chars)\n\nUse this tool to display names and codes for various ASCII (and\nunicode) characters / code points!\n\nIt\u0027s strongly inspired by\n[`ascii(1)`](http://www.catb.org/esr/ascii/), but supports unicode\ncharacters; it\u0027s also inspired by\n[`unicode.py`](http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/unicode/),\nbut it attempts to support whitespace/control characters better.\n\nCha(rs) is currently probably failing at some other edge case, but I\nhope not.\n\n## Pronunciation\n\nHow do you pronounce \"chars\"? This is a contentious thing.\n\n## Installation\n\nThis package is tested on [circle\nCI](https://circleci.com/gh/antifuchs/chars/tree/master) using the\nlatest stable, beta and nightly releases. Older releases might work,\nbut I\u0027m focusing development mostly on the latest versions.\n\n### Plain crate installation without source code\n\n`cargo install chars --git https://github.com/antifuchs/chars.git`\n\n### OS packages\n\n**Arch linux:** There\u0027s an [AUR package for chars](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chars/).\n\n**MacOS** There\u0027s a [Homebrew package for chars](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chars#default).\n\n**Windows:** There\u0027s a package available through [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/chars).\n\n### Source installation\n1. Clone this repo,\n2. `cd` into the checkout,\n3. `cargo install --path chars`\n\n## Running\n\nLook up a character by its face value:\n\n`chars \u0027\u00df\u0027`\n\nScreenshot:\n```\nLATIN1 df, 223, 0xdf, 0337, bits 11011111\nWidth: 1 (2 in CJK context), prints as \u00df\nLower case. Upcases to SS\nQuotes as \\u{df}\nUnicode name: LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S\n```\n\nLook up a character by its unicode point:\n\n`chars U+1F63C`\n\nScreenshot:\n```\nU+0001F63C, \u0026#128572; 0x0001F63C, \\0373074, UTF-8: f0 9f 98 bc, UTF-16BE: d83dde3c\nWidth: 1, prints as \ud83d\ude3c\nQuotes as \\u{1f63c}\nUnicode name: CAT FACE WITH WRY SMILE\n```\n\nLook up a character by ambiguous \"char code\" handwaving:\n\n`chars 1",
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