Title: XChars
Short: Replacement for !Chars (v1.04)
ShortName: xchars.arc
Author: Martin Wuerthner <wuerthne@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Date of Release: 22-jan-96
Status:  Freeware
Archiver used: SparkFS

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Short Description:

XChars is a replacement for the Chars utility that comes with RISC OS
with a lot of additional features, such as:
- multiple windows
- outline fonts at arbitrary sizes
- font aspect, line/character spacing control
- different arrangements of characters (+optional display of ctrl chars)
- configurable default settings
- character zoom window at configurable size by clicking Adjust on a letter
  (during the duration of the button press only or as a persistent window)
- configurable character insertion hot key: Shift, Ctrl or Alt (both keys
  or only left/only right key)
- option to install an application icon on the icon bar
- all options can be set independently in each window
- "hotlist": the state of all options (font,font size,line spacing etc.) of
  a window can be saved (associating a name with it) and restored later
  from the hotlist menu

Version 1.04 contains a major bug fix and the ability to display the
character code of the character under the pointer.