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From: mrf <joinlaw@cock.li>
To: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 21:22:02 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1gadlso.fsf@cock.li> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGP6PO+brKSDROhKuGCjDfvNsMPOi4sjXZqS8DqUeVY7o7mnTQ@mail.gmail.com>


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.

I think this would be useful to inspect utf8 math symbol included in
pdf.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-07 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-07  1:01 Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-07 18:22 ` mrf [this message]
2021-07-07 23:46   ` Hongyi Zhao

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