A tool for finding Unicode characters by name. Command-line and Web interfaces.
To compile the runes
command, in the cmd/runes
directory:
$ cd cmd/runes/
$ go build
$ ls -lh runes
-rwxrwxr-x 1 luciano luciano 2,6M Mar 7 00:11 runes
To use runes
, provide one or more words to search:
$ ./runes party
U+1F389 🎉 PARTY POPPER
1 character found
$ ./runes cat eyes
U+1F638 😸 GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES
U+1F63B 😻 SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES
U+1F63D 😽 KISSING CAT FACE WITH CLOSED EYES
3 characters found
The runeweb
command starts a local HTTP server on port 8000 offering a simple Web
interface for searching. This is the best way to use runefinder
on Windows until
Microsoft improves the Unicode coverage of the fonts used in in cmd.exe or PowerShell.
Run the server:
$ cd cmd/runeweb/
$ go run runeweb.go
Serving on: localhost:8000
Open http://localhost:8000
on your browser and search:
The appengine/
directory has the main.go
and configuration files for running Runefinder on the Google App Engine platform.
Link to running app: runefinder2018.appspot.com