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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 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
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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.
