Re: set of symbols

Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
> 
> What is ASCII ? A set of symbols:
> 
>  ===================================================================
>  }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
>  }|                                                               |{
>  }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
>  }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
>  }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
>  }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
>  }|       |                                                       |{
>  }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
>  }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
>  }|                                                               |{
>  }| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |{
>  }| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |{
>  }| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |{
>  }| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |{
>  }| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |{
>  }| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |{
>  }| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |{
>  }| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |{
>  }| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |{
>  }|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |{
>  }|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |{
>  }|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |{
>  }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
>  }| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use this one either:                      |{
>  }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
>  ===================================================================
> 
> VK+ejm

Should be:

> UNIX+ejm

All I did was type "man ascii"...

> So, only one-liners are ASCII art?
> I would definitely include CR and LF in the set!

Yes, and the list of "visible" characters one should use is:

=================================================================
|                                                               |
| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
|                                                               |
| No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart!       |
|                                                               |
=================================================================


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