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# NAME
App::Greple::charcode - greple module to annotate unicode character data
# SYNOPSIS
**greple** **-Mcharcode** ...
**greple** **-Mcharcode** \[ _module option_ \] -- \[ _command option_ \] ...
COMMAND OPTION
--no-annotate do not print annotation
--composite find composite character (combining character sequence)
--precomposed find precomposed character
--combind find both composite and precomposed characters
--dt=type specify decomposition type
--ansicode find ANSI terminal control sequences
MODULE OPTION
--[no-]column display column number
--[no-]char display character itself
--[no-]width display width
--[no-]code display character code
--[no-]name display character name
--[no-]visible display character name
--[no-]split put annotattion for each character
--align=# align annotation
--config KEY[=VALUE],...
(KEY: column char width code name visible align)
# VERSION
Version 0.9903
# DESCRIPTION
`App::Greple::charcode` displays Unicode information about the
matched characters. It can also visualize zero-width combining or
hidden characters, which can be useful for examining text containing
visually indistinguishable or imperceptible elements.
The following output, retrieved from this document for non-ASCII
characters (`\P{ASCII}`), shows that the character `\N{VARIATION
SELECTOR-15}` is included after the copyright character. The same
character, presumably left over from editing, is also included after a
normal ASCII `t` character.
$ greple -Mcharcode '\P{ASCII}' charcode.pm
┌─── 12 \x{fe0e} \N{VARIATION SELECTOR-15}
│ ┌─ 14 \x{a9} \N{COPYRIGHT SIGN}
│ ├─ 14 \x{fe0e} \N{VARIATION SELECTOR-15}
Copyright︎ ©︎ 2025 Kazumasa Utashiro.
The nasal sound of the K line (カ行) in Japanese is sometimes
represented by adding a semivoiced dot to the K line character, and
since Unicode does not define a corresponding character, it is
represented by combining the original character with a combining
character. This module allows you to see how it is done.
┌───────── 0 \x{30ab} \N{KATAKANA LETTER KA}
├───────── 0 \x{309a} \N{COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK}
│ ┌─────── 2 \x{30ad} \N{KATAKANA LETTER KI}
│ ├─────── 2 \x{309a} \N{COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK}
│ │ ┌───── 4 \x{30af} \N{KATAKANA LETTER KU}
│ │ ├───── 4 \x{309a} \N{COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK}
│ │ │ ┌─── 6 \x{30b1} \N{KATAKANA LETTER KE}
│ │ │ ├─── 6 \x{309a} \N{COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK}
│ │ │ │ ┌─ 8 \x{30b3} \N{KATAKANA LETTER KO}
│ │ │ │ ├─ 8 \x{309a} \N{COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK}
カ゚キ゚ク゚ケ゚コ゚
# COMMAND OPTIONS
- **--annotate**, **--no-annotate**
Print annotation or not. Enabled by default, so use `--no-annotate`
to disable it.
## CHARACTER CODE OPTIONS
The following options are used to search for Unicode combining
characters.
If multiple patterns are given to **greple**, it normally prints only
the lines that match all of the patterns. However, for the purposes
of this module, it is desirable to display lines that match any of
them, so the `--need=1` option is specified by default.
If multiple patterns are specified, the strings matching each pattern
will be displayed in a different color.
- **--composite**
Search for composite characters (combining character sequence)
composed of base and combining characters.
- **--precomposed**
Search for precomposed characters (`\p{Dt=Canonical}`).
- **--combind**
Find both **composite** and **precomposed** characters.
- **--dt**=_type_, **--decomposition-type**=_type_
Specifies the `Decomposition_Type`. It can take three values:
`Canonical`, `Non_Canonical` (`NonCanon`), or `None`.
- **--ansicode**
Search ANSI terminal control sequence. Automatically disables `name`
and `code` parameter and activates `visible`. Colorized output is
disabled too.
To be precise, it searches for CSI Control sequences defined in
ECMA-48. Pattern is defined as this.
define ECMA-CSI <
# MODULE OPTIONS
- **--**\[**no-**\]**column**
Show column number.
Default **true**.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**char**
Show the character itself.
Default **false**.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**width**
Show the width.
Default **false**.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**code**
Show the character code in hex.
Default **true**.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**name**
Show the Unicode name of the character.
Default **true**.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**visible**
Display invisible characters in a visible string representation.
Default False.
- **--align**=_column_
Align annotation messages. Defaults to `1`, which aligns to the
rightmost column; `0` means no align; if a value of `2` or greater
is given, it aligns to that numbered column.
_column_ can be negative; if `-1` is specified, align to the same
column for all lines. If `-2` is specified, align to the longest
line length, regardless of match position.
- **--**\[**no-**\]**split**
If a pattern matching multiple characters is given, annotate each
character independently.
# CONFIGURATION
Configuration parameters can be set in several ways.
## MODULE START FUNCTION
The start function of a module can be specified at the same time as
the module declaration.
greple -Mcharcode::config(width,name=0)
greple -Mcharcode::config=width,name=0
## PRIVATE MODULE OPTION
Module-specific options are specified between `-Mcharcode` and `--`.
greple -Mcharcode --config width,name=0 -- ...
# CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
- **column**
(default 1)
Show column number.
- **char**
(default 0)
Show the character itself.
- **width**
(default 0)
Show the width.
- **code**
(default 1)
Show the character code in hex.
- **name**
(default 1)
Show the Unicode name of the character.
- **visible**
(default 0)
Display invisible characters in a visible string representation.
- **align**=_column_
(default 1)
Align the description on the same column.
# INSTALL
cpanm -n App::Greple::charcode
# SEE ALSO
[App::Greple](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3AGreple)
[App::Greple::charcode](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3AGreple%3A%3Acharcode)
[App::Greple::annotate](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3AGreple%3A%3Aannotate)
# LICENSE
Copyright︎ ©︎ 2025 Kazumasa Utashiro.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
# AUTHOR
Kazumasa Utashiro