vis-digraph(1)

vis-digraph1

Print unicode character using mnemonics

Usage

vis-digraph digraph ...

vis-digraph -

Overview

vis-digraph read a digraph from command line argument or standard input and print a corresponding Unicode character to standard output, encoded in current locale.

digraph

A set of two (or more) characters that get replaced by a single Unicode character.

-

Read digraph from standard input.

Without argument, vis-digraph displays all available digraphs along with a description.

Environment

LC_CTYPE

Locale definition, setting the encoding format of the Unicode character printed out. See locale(1) for more information.

Exit status

0

Digraph correctly read recognised and printed out.

1

Digraph not recognised.

2

Digraph is the beginning of an existing digraph, but does not correspond to a full digraph.

3

An error occurred and digraph could not be read or printed.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

Standards

vis-digraph follows the digraph format from RFC 1345: http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1345.txt

From vis 0.9.r501.g254329d9-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.