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!Chars/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » risc_os_3_resources » Apps |
| Filename: | !Chars/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 02A5 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
The Chars application helps you to enter characters that are not available on the keyboard; for example accented characters or special symbols. To start Chars, double-click on its icon. A window will appear showing all the characters currently available. To enter a character, position the mouse pointer over it and click SELECT (or press the SHIFT key). The character will be entered at the caret position as if it had been typed. Use of the SHIFT key is suggested if you are trying to enter text into a writeable icon inside a menu, as clicking SELECT will cause the menu to disappear. If you wish to see the characters in a different font, click MENU over the window.
00000000 54 68 65 20 43 68 61 72 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 |The Chars applic| 00000010 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 68 65 6c 70 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |ation helps you | 00000020 74 6f 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 |to enter charact| 00000030 65 72 73 0a 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 |ers.that are not| 00000040 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 | available on th| 00000050 65 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 3b 20 66 6f 72 20 |e keyboard; for | 00000060 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 0a 61 63 63 65 6e 74 65 64 |example.accented| 00000070 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 6f 72 20 73 | characters or s| 00000080 70 65 63 69 61 6c 20 73 79 6d 62 6f 6c 73 2e 0a |pecial symbols..| 00000090 0a 54 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 43 68 61 72 73 2c |.To start Chars,| 000000a0 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e | double-click on| 000000b0 20 69 74 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 20 41 20 77 69 | its icon. A wi| 000000c0 6e 64 6f 77 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 |ndow.will appear| 000000d0 20 73 68 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 | showing all the| 000000e0 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 63 75 72 72 | characters curr| 000000f0 65 6e 74 6c 79 0a 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 2e |ently.available.| 00000100 0a 0a 54 6f 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 61 20 63 68 61 |..To enter a cha| 00000110 72 61 63 74 65 72 2c 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e |racter, position| 00000120 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 | the mouse point| 00000130 65 72 20 6f 76 65 72 0a 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 63 |er over.it and c| 00000140 6c 69 63 6b 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 28 6f 72 20 |lick SELECT (or | 00000150 70 72 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 53 48 49 46 54 20 |press the SHIFT | 00000160 6b 65 79 29 2e 20 20 54 68 65 0a 63 68 61 72 61 |key). The.chara| 00000170 63 74 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 6e 74 |cter will be ent| 00000180 65 72 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 65 |ered at the care| 00000190 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 73 20 69 66 |t position as if| 000001a0 0a 69 74 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6e 20 74 79 70 |.it had been typ| 000001b0 65 64 2e 0a 0a 55 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |ed...Use of the | 000001c0 53 48 49 46 54 20 6b 65 79 20 69 73 20 73 75 67 |SHIFT key is sug| 000001d0 67 65 73 74 65 64 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 |gested if you ar| 000001e0 65 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 0a 65 6e 74 65 |e trying to.ente| 000001f0 72 20 74 65 78 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 77 72 |r text into a wr| 00000200 69 74 65 61 62 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e 73 |iteable icon ins| 00000210 69 64 65 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 2c 20 61 73 0a 63 |ide a menu, as.c| 00000220 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 77 |licking SELECT w| 00000230 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 |ill cause the me| 00000240 6e 75 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 2e |nu to disappear.| 00000250 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f |..If you wish to| 00000260 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 | see the charact| 00000270 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 |ers in a differe| 00000280 6e 74 20 66 6f 6e 74 2c 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 4d |nt font,.click M| 00000290 45 4e 55 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e |ENU over the win| 000002a0 64 6f 77 2e 0a |dow..| 000002a5
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