Short: Browse character set and copy characters Author: Kim Fastrup Larsen Uploader: kimflarsen hotmail com (Kim Fastrup Larsen) Type: text/misc Version: 1.2 Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.04 New in version 1.2 ------------------ - Added backspace/erase buttons to enable a mouse-only work- flow. - Now responds to the Backspace and Del keys. - Added an Edit menu. What is Character Map? ---------------------- 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! Mouse operation --------------- Click on a character to select it. This will display its code, name and keyboard combination. Double click a character to append it to the string in the string input. Alternatively, click the "Append" button to append the currently selected character. Click the "Copy" button to copy the content of the string input 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. Click the "<" button to delete the last character from the string input. Clicking the "×" button will clear the string input. This does NOT copy the string to the clipboard. Keyboard operation ------------------ Navigate characters using the cursor keys. Press the Enter key to append the current character to the string input. The Backspace key will delete the last character and the Del key will clear the string input. You also have keyboard shortcuts for the buttons, as indi- cated by the underscored characters, plus the usual menu shortcut keys for Cut, Copy and Paste. Note that pressing the shortcut key for the string input activates it, and while it is activated, it will take over the keyboard. Press Enter to deactivate it and resume normal operation. Menu functions -------------- The Edit contains the usual Cut, Copy, Paste and Erase func- tions. Each operate on the content of the string input in its entirety. Miscellaneous ------------- 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 KoalaView - View and convert C64 KoalaPainter images https://aminet.net/package/gfx/show/KoalaView 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 ------- 1.2 (Aug 6, 2026) - Added backspace/erase buttons to enable a mouse-only work- flow. - Now responds to the Backspace and Del keys. - Added an Edit menu. 1.1.3 (Jun 4, 2026) - Now uses the screen font for the character codes and the key combination to have a more predictable layout. - No longer has a zoom gadget on OSs that support iconify gadgets. 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.