Browse character set and copy characters

   Author:       Kim Fastrup Larsen
   Uploader:     kimflarsen hotmail com (Kim Fastrup Larsen)
   Type:         text/misc
   Version:      1.1
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0
   Date:         2024-09-13
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/text/misc/CharacterMap.readme
   Downloads:    177

http://aminet.net/text/misc/CharacterMap.lha

New in version 1.1

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- Now shows a character's code in decimal, hexadecimal and

octal.

- Now shows a character's keyboard combination.

- Can now be iconified from the project menu.

- Now has an iconify gadget on AmigaOS 3.2 and 4.

- Now responds to mouse wheel events on AmigaOS 3.2 and 4.

- Now includes Italian translation by Samir Hawamdeh.

What is Character Map?

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This is a utility that lets you browse the character set on

your Amiga, see the code and official name (according to the

ECMA-94 standard) of any character, as well as the keyboard

combination required to type it. You can also copy charac-

ters to the system clipboard.

Character Map is more than a little inspired by a utility of

the same name that has been shipped with various versions of

the Windows operating system for more than 30 years. Similar

utilities can be found on other systems as well.

Note that Character Map assumes that the character set in

use is Latin Alphabet No. 1 as defined by Standard ECMA-94

(2nd Edition), since this was the only character set used by

Amigas throughout releases 1.2 to 3.1. If your Amiga uses

some other character set, the character names displayed may

be incorrect.

Full source code is included. Please consult the HowToBuild

text file in the source archive before attempting to build

the project.

Installation

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Drag the CharMap drawer to wherever you want it.

Operation

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Click on a character to select it. This will display its

code, name and keyboard combination. You can also navigate

characters using the cursor keys.

Double click a character to append it to the string in the

string gadget. You can also hit the Enter key or use the

Append gadget to append the currently selected character.

Finally, use the Copy gadget to copy the string in the

string gadget to the system clipboard. You should then be

able to paste that string into a Shell window or any tool

that uses the system clipboard.

Miscellaneous

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Thanks go to Samir Hawamdeh for the Italian translation.

I have released several projects on Aminet. Almost all of

them include source code, but the newer ones are probably

the most useful, so allow me to highlight them here.

ScreenTime - A highly configurable screen clock with a popup

calendar:

https://aminet.net/package/util/time/ScreenTime

ToolsMenu - Add tools and projects to the Workbench Tools

menu with a simple graphical user interface:

https://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/ToolsMenu

Labyrinth - Remake of a Commodore 64 game:

https://aminet.net/package/game/misc/labyrinth64

Base Converter - Convert between bin/oct/dec/hex with a

simple GUI:

https://aminet.net/package/util/wb/BaseConv

You can get a list of all my projects with this link:

https://aminet.net/search?readme=kimflarsen

History

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1.1 (Sep 13, 2024)