Short:        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

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.