DECgraphics - Revision history

Bhaak: Pre-3.6.3 DECgraphics symbols for altar and iron bars (for those that hate the new ones as much as I do)

2020-01-07T21:04:34Z

Pre-3.6.3 DECgraphics symbols for altar and iron bars (for those that hate the new ones as much as I do)

Doran: Undo revision 129083 by Bhaak (talk), see the dev comments in the most recent dat/symbols

2019-11-10T19:08:11Z

Undo revision 129083 by Bhaak (talk), see the dev comments in the most recent dat/symbols

Bhaak: IBMgraphics is not the canonical representation, so it doesn't make sense to claim DECgraphics is approximating IBMgraphics

2019-11-10T09:39:57Z

IBMgraphics is not the canonical representation, so it doesn't make sense to claim DECgraphics is approximating IBMgraphics

Doran: /* The complete symbol list */

2019-11-10T05:40:07Z

‎The complete symbol list

Doran: /* The complete symbol list */ replaced some shortened names

2019-11-10T05:34:01Z

‎The complete symbol list: replaced some shortened names

Doran: /* The complete symbol list */

2019-11-10T02:17:38Z

‎The complete symbol list

Doran: /* The complete symbol list */

2019-11-10T02:15:17Z

‎The complete symbol list

Doran: /* The complete symbol list */

2019-11-10T02:14:09Z

‎The complete symbol list

Doran: updates for DEC Special Graphics versions.

2019-11-10T02:13:25Z

updates for DEC Special Graphics versions.

Elronnd: Undo revision 129075 by Elronnd (talk)

2019-11-10T01:30:16Z

Undo revision 129075 by Elronnd (talk)

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 |}
-In the above table, "bars" and "altar" are listed with two appearances.  The first applies to 3.6.3 or newer.  The second applies to 3.6.2 and prior.
+In the above table, "bars" and "altar" are listed with two appearances.  The first applies to 3.6.3 or newer.
 [[Category:Options]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-'''DECgraphics''' is an [[option]] that displays walls as continuous lines rather than as broken dashes, which is the best that plain [[ASCII]] can do.  It also displays certain [[dungeon feature]]s with distinct symbols.
+'''DECgraphics''' is an [[option]] that displays walls as continuous lines rather than as broken dashes, which is the best that plain [[ASCII]] can do.  It also displays certain [[dungeon feature]]s with distinct symbols. DECgraphics is a smaller character set than [[IBMgraphics]], so it is missing some symbols, particularly on the Rogue level.
-DECgraphics requires a display device that displays [[wikipedia:DEC Special Graphics|DEC Special Graphics]]. DEC Special Graphics works by sending the terminal an escape code which tells it to toggle to an alternate character set with line drawing characters.
+DECgraphics requires a display device that displays [[wikipedia:DEC Special Graphics|DEC Special Graphics]]. DEC Special Graphics works by sending the terminal an escape code which tells it to toggle to an alternate character set with line drawing characters.  The curses SYMSET also uses DEC Special Graphics to approximate IBMgraphics.
 To use DECgraphics, the option must be set to TRUE, either in-game or in the configuration file.
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 == The complete symbol list ==
-Because the DEC Special Graphics character set has fewer special symbols than [[IBMgraphics]] and lacks the double line drawing characters, the Rogue level is rendered using only normal ASCII characters.
+Because the DEC Special Graphics character set is limited and lacks the double line drawing characters, the Rogue level is rendered using only normal ASCII characters.
 The symbols affected by DECgraphics in the normal dungeon are listed here.  DEC Special Graphics is a 7bit system. The code points listed here use the NetHack internal representation, which sets the 8th bit high.

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-'''DECgraphics''' is an [[option]] that displays walls as continuous lines rather than as broken dashes, which is the best that plain [[ASCII]] can do.  It also displays certain [[dungeon feature]]s with distinct symbols. DECgraphics is a smaller character set than [[IBMgraphics]], so it is missing some symbols, particularly on the Rogue level.
+'''DECgraphics''' is an [[option]] that displays walls as continuous lines rather than as broken dashes, which is the best that plain [[ASCII]] can do.  It also displays certain [[dungeon feature]]s with distinct symbols.
-DECgraphics requires a display device that displays [[wikipedia:DEC Special Graphics|DEC Special Graphics]]. DEC Special Graphics works by sending the terminal an escape code which tells it to toggle to an alternate character set with line drawing characters.  The curses SYMSET also uses DEC Special Graphics to approximate IBMgraphics.
+DECgraphics requires a display device that displays [[wikipedia:DEC Special Graphics|DEC Special Graphics]]. DEC Special Graphics works by sending the terminal an escape code which tells it to toggle to an alternate character set with line drawing characters.
 To use DECgraphics, the option must be set to TRUE, either in-game or in the configuration file.
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 == The complete symbol list ==
-Because the DEC Special Graphics character set is limited and lacks the double line drawing characters, the Rogue level is rendered using only normal ASCII characters.
+Because the DEC Special Graphics character set has fewer special symbols than [[IBMgraphics]] and lacks the double line drawing characters, the Rogue level is rendered using only normal ASCII characters.
 The symbols affected by DECgraphics in the normal dungeon are listed here.  DEC Special Graphics is a 7bit system. The code points listed here use the NetHack internal representation, which sets the 8th bit high.

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 |}
-In the above table, "bars" and "altar" are listed with two appearances.  The one you get will depend on which version of the DEC Special Graphics charset is being used.  The second entry is the older version.
+In the above table, "bars" and "altar" are listed with two appearances.  The first applies to 3.6.3 or newer.  The second applies to 3.6.2 and prior.
 [[Category:Options]]

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 |0xfe||room||&#x00b7;||.
 |-
-|0xf9||upladder||&#x2264;||<
+|0xf9||up ladder||&#x2264;||<
 |-
-|0xfa||dnladder||&#x2265;||>
+|0xfa||down ladder||&#x2265;||>
 |-
 |0xfb||altar||&#x03c0; or _||_
@@ Line 61: / Line 61: @@
 |0xe0||lava||&#x25c6;||}
 |-
-|0xfe||vodbridge||&#x00b7;||.
+|0xfe||vertical open drawbridge||&#x00b7;||.
 |-
-|0xfe||hodbridge||&#x00b7;||.
+|0xfe||horizontal open drawbridge||&#x00b7;||.
 |-
 |0xe0||under water||&#x25c6;||}
 |-
-|0xf8||vbeam||&#x2502;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|0xf8||vertical beam||&#x2502;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
-|0xf1||hbeam||&#x2500;||-
+|0xf1||horizontal beam||&#x2500;||-
 |-
 |0xef||swallow top center||&#x23ba;||-

@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 |0xea||bottoom right corner||&#x2518;||-
 |-
-|0xee||crwall||&#x253c;||-
+|0xee||cross wall||&#x253c;||-
 |-
-|0xf6||tuwall||&#x2534;||-
+|0xf6||T up wall||&#x2534;||-
 |-
-|0xf7||tdwall||&#x252c;||-
+|0xf7||T down wall||&#x252c;||-
 |-
-|0xf5||tlwall||&#x2524;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|0xf5||T left wall||&#x2524;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
-|0xf4||trwall||&#x251c;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|0xf4||T right wall||&#x251c;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
-|0xfe||ndoor||&#x00b7;||.
+|0xfe||normal door||&#x00b7;||.
 |-
-|0xe1||vodoor||&#x2592;||-
+|0xe1||vertical open door||&#x2592;||-
 |-
-|0xe1||hodoor||&#x2592;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|0xe1||horizontal open door||&#x2592;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
 |0xfc||bars||&#x2260; or &#x03c0;||#

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 !Code point!!Usage!!Appearance!!ASCII
 |-
-|0xf8||vwall||&#x2502;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
+|0xf8||vertical wall||&#x2502;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
-|0xf1||hwall||&#x2500;||-
+|0xf1||horizontal wall||&#x2500;||-
 |-
-|0xec||tlcorn||&#x250c;||-
+|0xec||top left corner||&#x250c;||-
 |-
-|0xeb||trcorn||&#x2510;||-
+|0xeb||top right corner||&#x2510;||-
 |-
-|0xed||blcorn||&#x2514;||-
+|0xed||bottom left corner||&#x2514;||-
 |-
-|0xea||brcorn||&#x2518;||-
+|0xea||bottoom right corner||&#x2518;||-
 |-
 |0xee||crwall||&#x253c;||-

@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 |0xe1||hodoor||&#x2592;||<nowiki>|</nowiki>
 |-
-|0xfc||bars||&#x2260;||#
+|0xfc||bars||&#x2260; or &#x03c0;||#
 |-
 |0xe7||tree||&#x00b1;||#
@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 |0xfa||dnladder||&#x2265;||>
 |-
-|0xfb||altar||&#x03c0;||_
+|0xfb||altar||&#x03c0; or _||_
 |-
 |0xe0||pool||&#x25c6;||}
@@ Line 88: / Line 88: @@
 |-
 |}
 [[Category:Options]]