Browse character set and copy characters

   Author:       Kim Fastrup Larsen
   Uploader:     kimflarsen hotmail com (Kim Fastrup Larsen)
   Type:         text/misc
   Version:      1.1.2
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.04
   Date:         2024-11-05
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/text/misc/CharacterMap.readme
   Downloads:    547

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

New in version 1.1.2

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- Now remembers the window position when iconified.

- The catalogs have been renamed to avoid conflict with an-

other program called CharMap.

- Translation corrections.

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.

Character Map requires Kickstart 2 or later.

Full source code is included. Please read the HowToBuild

file 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 and

to Stefan Haubenthal for the German 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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1.1.2 (Nov 5, 2024)

- Now remembers the window position when iconified.

- The catalogs have been renamed to avoid conflict with an-

other program called CharMap.

- Translation corrections.

1.1.1 (Sep 27, 2024)

- Now includes German translation by Stefan Haubenthal.

- Fixes and improvements.

1.1 (Sep 13, 2024)

- 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.

1.0 (Aug 29, 2024)

- Initial release.

Contents of text/misc/CharacterMap.lha

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[Amiga]                   2028    2028 100.0% -lh0- b355 Nov  2 18:51 CharMap_ITA.zip
[Amiga]                    252     628  40.1% -lh5- 2c51 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap.info
[Amiga]                    248     372  66.7% -lh5- 6c1c Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/Catalogs/dansk/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                    263     398  66.1% -lh5- 4e0c Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/Catalogs/deutsch/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                    328     478  68.6% -lh5- f901 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/Catalogs/italiano/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                  10948   16544  66.2% -lh5- 2261 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/CharMap
[Amiga]                    253     484  52.3% -lh5- 271d Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/CharMap.info
[Amiga]                  12641   35147  36.0% -lh5- 7994 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/gpl-3.0.txt
[Amiga]                    246     477  51.6% -lh5- b37b Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/gpl-3.0.txt.info
[Amiga]                   1889    4230  44.7% -lh5- 99b3 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/ReadMe
[Amiga]                    246     477  51.6% -lh5- 7f30 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap/ReadMe.info
[Amiga]                  44200   44200 100.0% -lh0- 9530 Nov  5 23:06 CharMap_Src.lha
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 Total        12 files   73542  105463  69.7%            Nov  6 00:16