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- ASCII Version 2.OO
- By: Nick Zaikin Jr.
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
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- Purpose
-
- The 'ASCII' TSR program is for viewing ASCII table
- and for entering any ASCII character. You may choose character from
- table on screen, or directly type its code (in octal,
- decimal or hex radix). The program also extends standard
- 'Alt-input' method by displaying the ASCII table in this case
- too.
-
- For any character, its code, mnemonic name (if exists), and
- appropriate CRT color attribute are displayed.
-
-
- Starting a program
-
- Command line format:
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- ASCII [switches...]
-
- All switches are optional.
-
- If no one is given, a program stays resident with a default
- hot key Alt-Del.
-
- Switches:
- /H, /? = display help screen
-
- /BW = force black & white colors
-
- /CO = force 'display color attribute' option
- (same as pressing F4 after calling TSR)
-
- /F:xx = shift state for hot key (hex);
- default value = 08 (Alt)
-
- /S:xx = scan code for hot key (hex);
- default value = 53 (Del)
-
- /R:<O|D|H> = force radix to octal, decimal, or hex
- default = hex
-
-
- Using a program
-
- If you are not changed the default hot key, you may pop-up
- ASCII by pressing Alt-Del.
- After that, you'll see on screen an ASCII table with moving
- cursor:
-
- character
- current code ───┐ ┌─── mnemonic
- radix ───────┐ │ │ ┌───── color
- │ │ │ * attribute
- ╔═════════ * ASCII * * v.4.23 ════════╗
- ║ Radix : Hex Value : 1B ^[ ESC <Color> ║
- ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ..................................................
- ..................................................
- ║ ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * * , - . / ║
- ║ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : └──────────────── cursor
- ║ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ║
- ║ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ║
- ║ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ║
- ..................................................
- ..................................................
- ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ 1Oct 2Dec 3Hex 4Color <-input symbol ║
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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- The following keys may be used:
-
- Arrows, Home, End,
- PgUp, PgDn - moving a cursor
- Enter - enter current char and exit
- Esc - exit without entering
-
- 0, 1, .. 9, A, B, .., F - enter char code
- BackSpace - delete last digit of code
- Space - clear char code
-
- Select radix:
- F1 - octal
- F2 - decimal
- F3 - hex
-
- F4 - toggle displaying color attributes
-
- The program also supports standard Alt-input method of entering
- characters. If you press Alt and number on a keypad, the program
- will behave the same way except you must hold down Alt while entering
- code (in current radix, of course!).
- In this mode, Enter and Esc keys won't work, so you cannot cancel.
-
-
- Your conclusions, suggestions and orders on design or
- writing programs adress to:
- Nick Zaikin
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- (Dubna, Moscow region)
- P.O. Box 79 Head Post Office
- Moscow 101000 Russia
- or by E-Mail:
- nick@k237.jinr.dubna.su
-
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