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- AsciiChart
- by John Valdes
- Version 1.0
- 4/13/97
-
- AsciiChart is a simple character set and font display utility for the
- U.S. Robotics Palm Pilot. Use AsciiChart to view the characters
- available in each of the PalmOS built-in fonts, to find their ASCII
- codes, and to determine their heights and widths.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- To install AsciiChart in your Pilot, first download and decompress the
- AsciiChart archive appropriate for your system. Next, run the
- InstallApp program, enter the name of the AsciiChart file where
- indicated (or click the Browse... button and use the dialog box to
- find the AsciiChart .prc file) and then click the Install button.
- Finally, HotSync your Pilot with your computer to load AsciiChart into
- your Pilot.
-
-
- HOW TO USE
- ----------
- Use the scroll buttons to scroll the chart up or down; the hardware
- scroll buttons scroll by one screen at a time, while the onscreen
- scroll arrows scroll by one row at a time. Tap a character or use
- Graffiti to display the ASCII code (in decimal and hexadecimal), font
- height, and character width of the character. The popup trigger at the
- upper left of the screen can be used to change the font of the
- displayed characters. Tapping the "Copy" button will copy the
- currently selected character to the clipboard (useful for pasting
- "Graffiti-less" characters into memos or shortcuts).
-
-
- HISTORY
- -------
- Version 1.0, 4/13/97:
-
- o character information is now properly updated when changing the
- font while the selected character is scrolled off the screen
-
- o fixed centering (as much as possible) of Graffiti shift characters
- in the Symbol font in PalmOS 1.0.x (no fix was needed for the
- Graffiti shift characters in PalmOS 2.x)
-
- o corrected URL in the "About" dialog and added email address
-
- Version 1.0 alpha 3, 3/23/97:
-
- o initial public release
-
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS
- --------------
- Version 1.0:
-
- o Table cell selection and highlighting problem still needs to be
- fixed properly.
-
- Version 1.0 alpha 3:
-
- o Selecting a character in the table with the stylus only works when
- tapping in the upper 2/3 of the cell; this is due to a "misfeature"
- of the PalmOS table handling code.
-
- o Table cell highlighting is a bit odd, due to problem mentioned above.
-
- o Display of the Graffiti shift state characters in the Symbol font
- needs to be cleaned up.
-
-
- PLANNED ADDITIONS
- -----------------
- o Redo table selection code to work around problems mentined above.
-
- o Perhaps add display of character name (as given in SKD's Chars.h)
- upon selection? Don't know how useful this would be, and would add
- about 2-4K to the size of the application. Thoughts? (send to
- j-valdes@uchicago.edu)
-
-
- LEGAL STUFF
- -----------
- AsciiChart is Copyright (C) 1997 by John Valdes.
-
- AsciiChart is freeware. Permission is given for free use and
- distribution of this program. No warranty is made on this software,
- nor is the author liable for any damage resulting from the use of this
- software.
-
- Any questions, comments or suggestions can be emailed to me at
- j-valdes@uchicago.edu. The current version of AsciiChart can be found
- with other Pilot software at
- <http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/valdes/pilot/>. Source code is
- available on request.
-