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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).
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)
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.