Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.

Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.

[Hongyi Zhao]

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
-- 
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

Re: Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.

[mrf]

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.

Re: Use `M-x describe-char' to inspect the characters of a pdf file.

[Hongyi Zhao]

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
-- 
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