Re: Please help me with this perl question

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I don't see how you can do that... you are dependent on the capabilities of
the terminal. If its an old school text terminal, you can't just
draw arbitrary stuff like a rotated D. That is pretty fancy and even in
graphics mode has nothing to do with perl, or do I misunderstand your
question?

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Michael Ludwig <[email protected]> wrote:

> FORREST COPLEY schrieb am 29.12.2011 um 10:48 (-0700):
> > Is it possible to write a perl script to print a completely custom
> > character on a console text terminal?
> > Say a D rotated 90 degrees or something.
> > or an A with the innards filled in.
>
> Here's how to print alpha to omega:
>
> perl -C2 -lwe 'print join q(, ), map chr, 0x391 .. 0x3a9'
>
> =CE=91, =CE=92, =CE=93, =CE=94, =CE=95, =CE=96, =CE=97, =CE=98, =CE=99, =
=CE=9A, =CE=9B, =CE=9C, =CE=9D, =CE=9E, =CE=9F, =CE=A0, =CE=A1, =CE=A2, =CE=
=A3, =CE=A4, =CE=A5, =CE=A6, =CE=A7, =CE=A8, =CE=A9
>
> If you know the Unicode codepoints you can certainly print the characters=
.
> For Perl, it's essentially numbers.
>
> Whether your particular character comes out nicely or not depends on
> whether the font you're using has the glyph in question.
>
> Next time you might want to spend two seconds or even ten thinking
> about a suitable subject line =E2=80=A6
>
> --
> Michael Ludwig
>

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I don&#39;t see how you can do that... you are dependent on the capabilitie=
s of the terminal. If its an old school text terminal, you can&#39;t just d=
raw=C2=A0arbitrary=C2=A0stuff like a rotated D. That is pretty fancy and ev=
en in graphics mode has nothing to do with perl, or do I misunderstand your=
 question?<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Michael Lud=
wig <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a=
>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
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FORREST COPLEY schrieb am 29.12.2011 um 10:48 (-0700):<br>
&gt; Is it possible to write a perl script to print a completely custom<br>
&gt; character on a console text terminal?<br>
&gt; Say a D rotated 90 degrees or something.<br>
&gt; or an A with the innards filled in.<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s how to print alpha to omega:<br>
<br>
perl -C2 -lwe &#39;print join q(, ), map chr, 0x391 .. 0x3a9&#39;<br>
<br>
=CE=91, =CE=92, =CE=93, =CE=94, =CE=95, =CE=96, =CE=97, =CE=98, =CE=99, =CE=
=9A, =CE=9B, =CE=9C, =CE=9D, =CE=9E, =CE=9F, =CE=A0, =CE=A1, =CE=A2, =CE=A3=
, =CE=A4, =CE=A5, =CE=A6, =CE=A7, =CE=A8, =CE=A9<br>
<br>
If you know the Unicode codepoints you can certainly print the characters.<=
br>
For Perl, it&#39;s essentially numbers.<br>
<br>
Whether your particular character comes out nicely or not depends on<br>
whether the font you&#39;re using has the glyph in question.<br>
<br>
Next time you might want to spend two seconds or even ten thinking<br>
about a suitable subject line =E2=80=A6<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
Michael Ludwig<br>
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