American Standard Code for Information Interchange - Revision history

Netzhack: /* See also */ Added link to localization bcs such versions go beyond ASCII.

2026-05-12T09:30:04Z

‎See also: Added link to localization bcs such versions go beyond ASCII.

Bcode: adjust the abbreviation note a bit; wikipedia2 → wikipedia

2013-06-01T20:30:39Z

adjust the abbreviation note a bit; wikipedia2 → wikipedia

99.239.147.0: Not specific to any nethack version. Would not need to be revised for a new version.

2012-09-01T06:10:43Z

Not specific to any nethack version. Would not need to be revised for a new version.

Tahc: link keyboard

2012-08-31T18:07:41Z

link keyboard

Tjr: see also Options#color

2012-01-26T19:03:27Z

Dptr1988: Kbd provides it's own link.

2010-12-28T20:16:21Z

Kbd provides it's own link.

Ais523: Wikia screwing with thumbnail positioning apparently caused the image placement to not match the article

2010-11-19T15:17:50Z

Wikia screwing with thumbnail positioning apparently caused the image placement to not match the article

Wooble: DEC/IBM graphics are not ASCII and appear in tty mode; colored characters don't have an ASCII representation. comma in Rogue level.

2010-11-12T19:53:10Z

DEC/IBM graphics are not ASCII and appear in tty mode; colored characters don't have an ASCII representation. comma in Rogue level.

Paxed: use the ASCII table template instead.

2010-11-12T18:38:30Z

use the ASCII table template instead.

Tjr: Text replace - "NethackWiki" to "NetHackWiki"

2010-11-11T18:04:39Z

Text replace - "NethackWiki" to "NetHackWiki"

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 ==See also==
 * [[Options#color]]
 {{noversion}}
 [[Category:ASCII| ]]

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-{{wikipedia2|ASCII}}
+{{wikipedia|ASCII}}
 {{ASCII}}
-The '''American Standard Code for Information Interchange''', which everyone calls '''ASCII''', is a [[Wikipedia:character set|character set]] which a computer uses to store '''characters'''. ASCII specifies a method for computers to store printable characters such as letters A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, punctuation, and spaces. ASCII also includes control characters such as newline. Most computers either use ASCII, or a superset of ASCII that adds more characters, such as accented letters, Cyrillic letters, CJK characters, or hieroglyphics.
+The '''American Standard Code for Information Interchange''', normally abbreviated '''ASCII''', is a [[Wikipedia:character set|character set]] which a computer uses to store '''characters'''. ASCII specifies a method for computers to store printable characters such as letters A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, punctuation, and spaces. ASCII also includes control characters such as newline. Most computers either use ASCII, or a superset of ASCII that adds more characters, such as accented letters, Cyrillic letters, CJK characters, or hieroglyphics.
 ''[[NetHack]]'' uses ASCII for everything. The [[source code]] is in ASCII. If you play in [[tty]] mode (without [[DECgraphics]], [[IBMgraphics]], or color), everything on the screen is ASCII. Also, ASCII corresponds nicely with the keys found on most [[keyboard|QWERTY keyboards]] in the United States. In fact, in modern NetHack 3.x.x, the [[dungeon]] contains every printable ASCII character except "6", "7", "8", and "9"; "," (the comma) appears only on the [[Rogue level]]. Some older versions of NetHack did use "8" for [[Medusa]] and "9" for [[giant]]s, but [[NetHack 3.0.0]] made monster symbols refer to classes of monsters rather than necessarily single monsters, and now Medusa is @ and giants are H.

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 {{wikipedia2|ASCII}}
 The '''American Standard Code for Information Interchange''', which everyone calls '''ASCII''', is a [[Wikipedia:character set|character set]] which a computer uses to store '''characters'''. ASCII specifies a method for computers to store printable characters such as letters A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, punctuation, and spaces. ASCII also includes control characters such as newline. Most computers either use ASCII, or a superset of ASCII that adds more characters, such as accented letters, Cyrillic letters, CJK characters, or hieroglyphics.
 ''[[NetHack]]'' uses ASCII for everything. The [[source code]] is in ASCII. If you play in [[tty]] mode (without [[DECgraphics]], [[IBMgraphics]], or color), everything on the screen is ASCII. Also, ASCII corresponds nicely with the keys found on most [[keyboard|QWERTY keyboards]] in the United States. In fact, in modern NetHack 3.x.x, the [[dungeon]] contains every printable ASCII character except "6", "7", "8", and "9"; "," (the comma) appears only on the [[Rogue level]]. Some older versions of NetHack did use "8" for [[Medusa]] and "9" for [[giant]]s, but [[NetHack 3.0.0]] made monster symbols refer to classes of monsters rather than necessarily single monsters, and now Medusa is @ and giants are H.
 The characters in the table to the right link to their informational page. The goal is to create an article in [[NetHackWiki]] for every character. In the article, mention which [[monster]] or [[object]] that character represents, and what that key does from the keyboard. Try to link to other articles; for example, [[d]] should link to both [[dog]] and [[drop]].
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 For technical reasons, [[angle bracket]]s, [[curly bracket]]s, [[square bracket]]s, [[hash mark]]s, [[pipe]]s, or [[plus sign]]s can not be used in the names of articles. Also, an article name cannot contain only [[underscore]]s, and it cannot consist of exactly one or two [[dot]]s. Thus all of those articles have words for names.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 * [[Options#color]]
+{{noversion}}
 [[Category:ASCII| ]]

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 The '''American Standard Code for Information Interchange''', which everyone calls '''ASCII''', is a [[Wikipedia:character set|character set]] which a computer uses to store '''characters'''. ASCII specifies a method for computers to store printable characters such as letters A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, punctuation, and spaces. ASCII also includes control characters such as newline. Most computers either use ASCII, or a superset of ASCII that adds more characters, such as accented letters, Cyrillic letters, CJK characters, or hieroglyphics.
-''[[NetHack]]'' uses ASCII for everything. The [[source code]] is in ASCII. If you play in [[tty]] mode (without [[DECgraphics]], [[IBMgraphics]], or color), everything on the screen is ASCII. Also, ASCII corresponds nicely with the keys found on most QWERTY keyboards in the United States. In fact, in modern NetHack 3.x.x, the [[dungeon]] contains every printable ASCII character except "6", "7", "8", and "9"; "," (the comma) appears only on the [[Rogue level]]. Some older versions of NetHack did use "8" for [[Medusa]] and "9" for [[giant]]s, but [[NetHack 3.0.0]] made monster symbols refer to classes of monsters rather than necessarily single monsters, and now Medusa is @ and giants are H.
+''[[NetHack]]'' uses ASCII for everything. The [[source code]] is in ASCII. If you play in [[tty]] mode (without [[DECgraphics]], [[IBMgraphics]], or color), everything on the screen is ASCII. Also, ASCII corresponds nicely with the keys found on most [[keyboard|QWERTY keyboards]] in the United States. In fact, in modern NetHack 3.x.x, the [[dungeon]] contains every printable ASCII character except "6", "7", "8", and "9"; "," (the comma) appears only on the [[Rogue level]]. Some older versions of NetHack did use "8" for [[Medusa]] and "9" for [[giant]]s, but [[NetHack 3.0.0]] made monster symbols refer to classes of monsters rather than necessarily single monsters, and now Medusa is @ and giants are H.
 {{ASCII}}

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 For technical reasons, [[angle bracket]]s, [[curly bracket]]s, [[square bracket]]s, [[hash mark]]s, [[pipe]]s, or [[plus sign]]s can not be used in the names of articles. Also, an article name cannot contain only [[underscore]]s, and it cannot consist of exactly one or two [[dot]]s. Thus all of those articles have words for names.
 {{nethack-343}}
 [[Category:ASCII| ]]

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 The characters in the table to the right link to their informational page. The goal is to create an article in [[NetHackWiki]] for every character. In the article, mention which [[monster]] or [[object]] that character represents, and what that key does from the keyboard. Try to link to other articles; for example, [[d]] should link to both [[dog]] and [[drop]].
-NetHack also uses some non-printable ASCII characters for commands. Those are commands that use [[Ctrl|{{kbd|Ctrl}}]] key. Pressing {{kbd|Ctrl}} and another character sends a non-printable character. [[Alt|{{kbd|Alt}}]] key has similar function.
+NetHack also uses some non-printable ASCII characters for commands. Those are commands that use {{kbd|Ctrl}} key. Pressing {{kbd|Ctrl}} and another character sends a non-printable character. {{kbd|Alt}} key has similar function.
 For technical reasons, [[angle bracket]]s, [[curly bracket]]s, [[square bracket]]s, [[hash mark]]s, [[pipe]]s, or [[plus sign]]s can not be used in the names of articles. Also, an article name cannot contain only [[underscore]]s, and it cannot consist of exactly one or two [[dot]]s. Thus all of those articles have words for names.

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 ''[[NetHack]]'' uses ASCII for everything. The [[source code]] is in ASCII. If you play in [[tty]] mode, everything on the screen is ASCII. Also, ASCII corresponds nicely with the keys found on most QWERTY keyboards in the United States. In fact, in modern NetHack 3.x.x, the [[dungeon]] contains every printable ASCII character except "6", "7", "8", "9", and "," (the comma). Some older versions of NetHack did use "8" for [[Medusa]] and "9" for [[giant]]s, but [[NetHack 3.0.0]] made monster symbols refer to classes of monsters rather than necessarily single monsters, and now Medusa is @ and giants are H.
-The printable ASCII characters are:
+{{ASCII}}
-{| class="prettytable" style="font-family: monospace;"
+The characters in the table to the left link to their informational page. The goal is to create an article in [[NetHackWiki]] for every character. In the article, mention which [[monster]] or [[object]] that character represents, and what that key does from the keyboard. Try to link to other articles; for example, [[d]] should link to both [[dog]] and [[drop]].
 NetHack also uses some non-printable ASCII characters for commands. Those are commands that use [[Ctrl|{{kbd|Ctrl}}]] key. Pressing {{kbd|Ctrl}} and another character sends a non-printable character. [[Alt|{{kbd|Alt}}]] key has similar function.

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 |}
-The characters in the above tables all link to their informational page. The goal is to create an article in [[NethackWiki]] for every character. In the article, mention which [[monster]] or [[object]] that character represents, and what that key does from the keyboard. Try to link to other articles; for example, [[d]] should link to both [[dog]] and [[drop]].
+The characters in the above tables all link to their informational page. The goal is to create an article in [[NetHackWiki]] for every character. In the article, mention which [[monster]] or [[object]] that character represents, and what that key does from the keyboard. Try to link to other articles; for example, [[d]] should link to both [[dog]] and [[drop]].
 NetHack also uses some non-printable ASCII characters for commands. Those are commands that use [[Ctrl|{{kbd|Ctrl}}]] key. Pressing {{kbd|Ctrl}} and another character sends a non-printable character. [[Alt|{{kbd|Alt}}]] key has similar function.