source: gnome/add/gucharmap.xml@ 86af98a

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gucharmap-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gucharmap/1.4/gucharmap-&gucharmap-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gucharmap-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gucharmap/1.4/gucharmap-&gucharmap-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gucharmap-md5sum "73847836c1adeadf166fd4fe909687c9">
<!ENTITY gucharmap-size "1.5 MB">
<!ENTITY gucharmap-buildsize "26.9 MB">
<!ENTITY gucharmap-time "0.21 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gucharmap" xreflabel="gucharmap-&gucharmap-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gucharmap.html"?>
<title>gucharmap-&gucharmap-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>gucharmap</application></title>

<para>
<application>gucharmap</application> is a Unicode character map and font
viewer. It allows you to browse through all the available Unicode
characters and categories for the installed fonts, and to examine their
detailed properties. It is an easy way to find the character you might
only know by its Unicode name or code point.
</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gucharmap-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gucharmap-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gucharmap-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gucharmap-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gucharmap-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gucharmap-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>gucharmap</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="intltool"/> and <xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> and <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>gucharmap</application></title>

<para>Install <application>gucharmap</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch
puts <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>gucharmap</application> package contains
<command>charmap</command>,
<command>gnome-character-map</command>,
<command>gucharmap</command> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libgucharmap</filename>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gucharmap</title>
<para><command>gucharmap</command> is a Unicode character map and font
viewer.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>