New in version 1.1.3
--------------------

- 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.


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!


Installation
------------

Drag the CharMap drawer to wherever you want it.


Operation
---------

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
-------------

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
-------

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.

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[Amiga]                    252     628  40.1% -lh5- 2c51 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap.info
[Amiga]                    248     372  66.7% -lh5- 6c1c Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/Catalogs/dansk/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                    263     398  66.1% -lh5- 4e0c Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/Catalogs/deutsch/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                    328     478  68.6% -lh5- f901 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/Catalogs/italiano/CharacterMap.catalog
[Amiga]                  11073   16892  65.6% -lh5- 9a0e Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/CharMap
[Amiga]                    257     484  53.1% -lh5- 3c0d Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/CharMap.info
[Amiga]                  12641   35147  36.0% -lh5- 7994 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/gpl-3.0.txt
[Amiga]                    246     477  51.6% -lh5- b37b Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/gpl-3.0.txt.info
[Amiga]                   1981    4443  44.6% -lh5- ff14 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/ReadMe
[Amiga]                    246     477  51.6% -lh5- 7f30 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap/ReadMe.info
[Amiga]                  48518   48518 100.0% -lh0- 3382 Jun  4 15:19 CharMap_Src.lha
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 Total        11 files   76053  108314  70.2%            Jun  4 22:52