ALLCHARS

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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)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENDORSEMENTS
EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO

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