Hi,
mine's the mug I got from Hitex at an embedded systems show a few years ago in London. It's got the entire ASCII set printed on it in decimal and Hex values.
I keep using it all the time. Other people come over to use my mug to look up the occasional character.
It is fantasticaly useful and always to hand, unlike some reference books.
$ man ascii
-- Michael N. Moran (h) 770 516 7918
5009 Old Field Ct. (c) 678 521 5460 Kennesaw, GA, USA 30144"So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key." The Eagles, "Already Gone"
The Beatles were wrong: 1 & 1 & 1 is 1
Ahem.....
C:\>man ascii 'man' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\>
Not everybody is using the penguin.....
Meindert
In the old days, most useful sotware tool was a screwdriver for extracting EPROM-s from the socket for the re-programming... :)
regards
Dejan
I like the Microchip ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger. It's in an unusual round plastic case with the connectors around the circumference and is brightly coloured in red white and blue. A refreshing change from the other similar tools I use, and quite difficult to mislay.
Leon
"man" isn't a Linux-only program:
Microsoft(R) Windows Millennium (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.
C:\>ver
Windows Millennium [Version 4.90.3000]
C:\>man ascii
ASCII(7) Programmer's Manual ASCII(7)
NAME ascii - the ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadec- imal
DESCRIPTION ASCII is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a 7-bit code. Many 8-bit codes (such as ISO 8859-1, the Linux default character set) contain ASCII as their lower half. The international counterpart of ASCII is known as ISO 646.
The following table contains the 128 ASCII characters. [...]
My most important and most often used tool is my source editor (CodeWright). [whine on] Too bad it is no longer supported. Why doesn't Borland just sell it to someone else, or better yet, release to public domain if they don't want it any more? [whine off]
The next most often used program is PC-lint.
Mine is a self-created program, which at the moment does about 95% of what I need. If I miss something, I just add it, exactly in the way that suites me best. The only other programs I use are Delphi, Thunderbird and Labview (and of course some programs under water).
Weird ? Yes ! Why ? Because all other programs are either too complex, or too buggy or can do too much (wrong) ;-)
Stef Mientki
Rob Hort> Hi,
$ apropos man
Heinz
Hello Dejan,
I used a Swiss army knife for that. Better for multi-tasking since it also contained a bottle opener and a cork screw...
Regards, Joerg
Xcelite R3322, better known as a "tweeker" in the video business.
People used to try to give me IC removal tweezers when they'd see me pying chips out with a screwdriver. I'd try to explain that I'd never damaged an IC with my method whereas I *always* mangled them with the specialized tool.
Bob
Hello Jim,
But that won't open bottles.
Here is another tool that I saw in Europe: A two-ring binder that looks innocent, says "Sales 2002" or something on it. When you pull it out it's heavier than normal. Open it, and you find a foam inlay in which are nested a bottle of Vodka and six shot glasses.
Regards, Joerg
"ISO 9001 Compliance" might be a better title.
body is using the penguin.....
Because we all know that man offers truly great documentation, that can't be found with a google search :p
I use
cheers,
Al
And they claim the Penguin lags Windoze.
Ian
ISO 3591 might be better
It seems I can't get a lot done without a firefox browser open - it's too handy now to keep a half dozen references each open in a browser tab. Each reference is bookmarked, all of the appropriate bookmarks in a folder. One click on "open in tabs" and I've got all of my references just a click away.
Kelly
Does that mean every time some standard or compliance is achieved you have to drink whatever's in the vodka bottle?
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I'm not using the "penguin", and the command works:
[SYNTHCOM->nb: 1073] man ascii ASCII(7) FreeBSD Miscellaneous Information Manual ASCII(7)NAME ascii -- octal, hexadecimal and decimal ASCII character sets
DESCRIPTION The octal set:
000 NUL 001 SOH 002 STX 003 ETX 004 EOT 005 ENQ 006 ACK 007 BEL 010 BS 011 HT 012 NL 013 VT 014 NP 015 CR 016 SO 017 SI 020 DLE 021 DC1 022 DC2 023 DC3 024 DC4 025 NAK 026 SYN 027 ETB 030 CAN 031 EM 032 SUB 033 ESC 034 FS 035 GS 036 RS 037 US 040 SP 041 ! 042 " 043 # 044 $ 045 % 046 & 047 ' 050 ( 051 ) 052 * 053 + 054 , 055 - 056 . 057 / 060 0 061 1 062 2 063 3 064 4 065 5 066 6 067 7 070 8 071 9 072 : 073 ; 074 < 075 = 076 > 077 ? 100 @ 101 A 102 B 103 C 104 D 105 E 106 F 107 G 110 H 111 I 112 J 113 K 114 L 115 M 116 N 117 O 120 P 121 Q 122 R 123 S 124 T 125 U 126 V 127 W 130 X 131 Y 132 Z 133 [ 134 \ 135 ] 136 ^ 137 _ 140 ` 141 a 142 b 143 c 144 d 145 e 146 f 147 g 150 h 151 i 152 j 153 k 154 l 155 m 156 n 157 o 160 p 161 q 162 r 163 s 164 t 165 u 166 v 167 w 170 x 171 y 172 z 173 { 174 | 175 } 176 ~ 177 DELThe hexadecimal set:
00 NUL 01 SOH 02 STX 03 ETX 04 EOT 05 ENQ 06 ACK 07 BEL 08 BS 09 HT 0A NL 0B VT 0C NP 0D CR 0E SO 0F SI 10 DLE 11 DC1 12 DC2 13 DC3 14 DC4 15 NAK 16 SYN 17 ETB 18 CAN 19 EM 1A SUB 1B ESC 1C FS 1D GS 1E RS 1F US 20 SP 21 ! 22 " 23 # 24 $ 25 % 26 & 27 ' 28 ( 29 ) 2a * 2b + 2c , 2d - 2e . 2f / 30 0 31 1 32 2 33 3 34 4 35 5 36 6 37 7 38 8 39 9 3a : 3b ; 3c < 3d = 3e > 3f ? 40 @ 41 A 42 B 43 C 44 D 45 E 46 F 47 G 48 H 49 I 4a J 4b K 4c L 4d M 4e N 4f O 50 P 51 Q 52 R 53 S 54 T 55 U 56 V 57 W 58 X 59 Y 5a Z 5b [ 5c \ 5d ] 5e ^ 5f _ 60 ` 61 a 62 b 63 c 64 d 65 e 66 f 67 g 68 h 69 i 6a j 6b k 6c l 6d m 6e n 6f o 70 p 71 q 72 r 73 s 74 t 75 u 76 v 77 w 78 x 79 y 7a z 7b { 7c | 7d } 7e ~ 7f DEL....
-->Neil
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