Software information: Chars

Software information

» Chars

Overview

Character picker and font viewer utility. Used to display complete font character sets in various encodings, including UTF8. Characters can be entered with the mouse or through keypresses.

Installation Instructions

Chars is supplied in ROM. It will make use of various files in BootResources:!Unicode, if present.

Issues

If you are experiencing problems with this software, first check to see if a ticket has been raised on the Bug tracker page. You may also want to visit the Bugs forum.

If you have a general query related to the software, you can enquire on the Community Support forum.

History of the component

To view the release history for versions available on the ROOL web site, visit the GitLab Commits page (releases are “tagged” with the version number).

Obtaining the software

This software is usually supplied as part of the RISC OS 5 system ROM. A version suitable for softloading¹ can be found in the !Boot.RO350Hook directory of the standard HardDisc4 build.

To obtain the source code, visit the GitLab source page.

¹ To get the softload version working, you may need to install the rest of !Boot from the HardDisc4 archive. Users of RISC OS 3 and RISC OS 4 will need to install PlingSystem as well.