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- allchars - Character aid for NeXT
- creates a COMPLETE character chart
-
- Allchars prints a character chart containing all two hundred and fifty-six
- ascii characters. It is meant to be run in a terminal window on the NeXT,
- thereby providing samples of all the possible characters for cutting and
- pasting into documents in other applications.
-
- It's a very simple idea, but has proven extremely useful.
-
- Although a complete keyboard map can provide much of the functionality
- of allchars, some characters cannot be typed in at all (for instance, the
- non-Symbol-font copyright character). By cutting and pasting from the output
- of allchars, complex mono-font text can be assembled (e.g. by using character
- 0xA0 for a copyright message).
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-
- Files included are:
- Makefile - the makefile
- README - this file
- allchars - stripped executable
- allchars.1 - Unix man-style documentation
- allchars.c - the source
-
- Installation:
- Either copy allchars to your bin directory or say "make" and then copy
- allchars to your bin directory.
-
- Use:
- This is the hard part. You have to decide whether to use the "-v" option
- when you run allchars. I don't think I can help you here - you just have to
- look inside yourself and try to decide whether the "real" you wants extra
- labeling on the output. Once you've decided, type the appropriate command in
- a terminal (shell) window:
- allchars
- or
- allchars -v
-
- Now you can Copy and Paste characters from the chart that's displayed.
- That's all there is to it!
-
- Known Bugs: Nope
- Written by: Peter Langston (psl@bellcore.com)
- Maintained by: Peter Langston (psl@bellcore.com)
- Submitted by: Peter Langston (psl@bellcore.com)
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