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MAPSCRN

Section: International Support (8)
Updated: 20 March 1993
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NAME

mapscrn - load screen output mapping table

SYNOPSIS

mapscrn[-o map.orig]mapfile

DESCRIPTION

Themapscrncommand loads a user defined output character mapping table into theconsole driver. The console driver may be later put intouse user-defined mapping tablemode by outputting a special escape sequence to the console device.This sequence is<esc>(Kfor theG0 character set and<esc>)Kfor theG1character set.When the-ooption is given, the old map is saved inmap.orig.

OPERATION

Themapscrncommand can read the map in either of two formats:
1. 256 byte binary data
2. two-column text file
Format (1) is is an image of translation table. Any time a character with the codeiis output to the console device, the character with the code table[i]appears on the screen. Format (2) is used to fill the tableas follows: cell with offset mentioned in the first column is filledwith the value mentioned in the second column.

Values in the file may be specified in one of four formats:
1. Decimal: string of decimal digits not beginning with '0'
2. Octal: string of octal digits beginning with '0'
3. Hexadecimal: string of hexadecimal digits preceded by "0x"
4. Character: Single character enclosed in single quotes.Note that blank, comma, tab character and '#' cannot be specifiedwith the 4th format.

Note that control characters ( with codes < 32) cannot be re-mapped withmapscrnbecause they have special meaning for the driver.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1993 Eugene G. Crosser
<crosserAATTpccross.msk.su>
This software and documentation may be distributed freely.

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