ALLCHARS
Section: User Commands (1)
Index
Return to Main Contents
NAME
allchars - emit a complete character chart
SYNOPSIS
allchars
[ -v ]
DESCRIPTION
Allchars simply prints a small character chart containing all
two hundred and fifty-six ascii characters arranged in sixteen rows
of sixteen 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 is a very simple idea, but has proven extremely useful.
-v option identifies the lines and character positions with
hexadecimal numbers so that the ascii code for any symbol can be read
off the chart (and conversely, the symbol for any code can be readily located).
Although a well-annotated keyboard map can provide much of the functionality
of allchars, some characters cannot be typed in at all
(e.g. the non-Symbol-font copyright character).
By cutting and pasting from the output of allchars, complex mono-font
text can be assembled (e.g. using character 0xA0 for a copyright message).
ENDORSEMENTS
``I use it all the time.'' - M. J. Hawlee
EXAMPLE
% allchars
% allchars -v
[output omitted to avoid overtaxing n/troff]
SEE ALSO
ascii(7)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- ENDORSEMENTS
-
- EXAMPLE
-
- SEE ALSO
-
This document was created by
man2html,
using the manual pages.
Time: 19:56:40 GMT, September 18, 2024