Documentation improvements.

G1-437.txt

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-The DEC Special Graphics Character Set according to CP437.
-
-
-	_ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
-
-	   ± ? ? ? ? ø ñ ? ? Ù ¿ Ú À Å _  Ä _ _ à ´ Á  ³ ó ò ã ? œ ú
-

G1-UTF8.txt

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-The DEC Special Graphics Character Set according to UTF-8.
-
-
-        _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
-
-          ♦ ▒ ␉ ␌ ␍ ␊ ° ± ␤ ␋ ┘ ┐ ┌ └ ┼ ¯ ▬ ─ _ _ ├ ┤ ┴ ┬ │ ≤ ≥ π ≠ £ ·
-

G1.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+@echo off & setlocal
+
+::Extract the current code page.  Hopefully this method will work with other
+::languages.  CHCP outputs: "Active code page: #".  Take the last five
+::characters (the longest code) and delete up to and including the space.
+for /f "delims=" %%j in ('chcp') do set CP=%%j
+set CP=%CP:~-5%
+set CP=%CP:* =%
+
+x86\ansicon -e The DEC Special Graphics Character Set according to code page %CP%:^
+
+^
+
+	_ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { ^| } ~^
+
+^
+
+	_ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { ^| } ~

readme.txt

@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@
 	~	U+00B7	Middle Dot
 
 
-    G1-437.txt shows the glyphs according to code page 437; G1-UTF8.txt
-    according to UTF-8 (the file has no BOM).
+    G1.txt is a Unicode file to view the glyphs "externally".  G1.bat is a
+    batch file (using `x86\ansicon') to show the glyphs in the console.  The
+    characters will appear as they should using Lucida (other than the Sym-
+    bols), but code page will influence them when using a raster font (but
+    of particular interest, 437 and 850 both show the Box Drawings).
 
 
     ===========
@@ -221,9 +224,6 @@
 
     Building rubyinstaller on Win7 crashes (XP is fine).
 
-    Display of the DEC Special Graphics Character Set will depend on the
-    current font (the Symbols will probably not display correctly at all).
-
 
     ===============
     Version History
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
     Legend: + added, - bug-fixed, * changed.
 
-    1.40 - 1 March, 2011:
+    1.40 - 3 March, 2011:
     - hook GetProcAddress (now PowerShell works);
     + add SO/SI, using the DEC Special Graphics Character Set for G1;
     + add DECTCEM to show/hide the cursor.
@@ -365,4 +365,4 @@
 
 
     ==========================
-    Jason Hood, 1 March, 2011.
+    Jason Hood, 3 March, 2011.