https://github.com/pierrechevalier83/find_unicode
Find Unicode characters the easy way: from the command line
https://github.com/pierrechevalier83/find_unicode
cli command-line command-line-app command-line-tool easy rust unicode unicode-characters
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Find Unicode characters the easy way: from the command line
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pierrechevalier83/find_unicode
- Owner: pierrechevalier83
- Created: 2019-08-18T11:49:57.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-02-20T13:06:40.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-20T17:23:09.789Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: cli, command-line, command-line-app, command-line-tool, easy, rust, unicode, unicode-characters
- Language: CSS
- Size: 9.11 MB
- Stars: 32
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
Find Unicode
===
Find Unicode characters, the easy way!
A simple command line application to find unicode characters with minimum effort.
Installation
===
`cargo install find_unicode`
Usage
===
* Run `fu` from your terminal:
```
fu
```
* Start typing. `fu` will show the unicode characters for which the description matches your query.
* If you're looking for a single character, hit Enter to select it and exit.
* If you're looking for multiple characters, hit Tab to select one and keep searching.
* By default, the searching expression is a regular expression.
Advanced usage
===
For more advanced configuration options, check out the help:
```
fu --help
```
```
fu 0.1.0
Pierre Chevalier
Find Unicode characters with ease.
Simply type a description of the character you are looking for. Once you found the character you were after, hit Enter.
Selecting multiple characters is also possible: hit tab to select a character and continue browsing.
USAGE:
fu [OPTIONS] [initial_query]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--height Height of fu's window relative to the terminal window [default: 50%]
--layout Position of fu's window relative to the prompt [default: Below] [possible values: Above,
Below]
--search Search mode [default: Regex] [possible values: Regex, Exact, Fuzzy]
ARGS:
Initial query, if any
```
To regenerate the data
===
* Download the UCD Data:
```
curl https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/UnicodeData.txt > src/UnicodeData.txt
```
* Download the Nerd Fonts Data:
```
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/master/css/nerd-fonts-generated.css > src/NerdFontsData.css
```
* Regenerate the prettified data:
```
cargo run --bin gen_data
```
* Copy the generated data to src and commit it.