Re: misc/39121

[Mike Cheponis <mac%Wireless.Com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/39121; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mike Cheponis <mac%Wireless.Com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: misc-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        mac%S.culver.net@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/39121
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:32:32 -0700 (PDT)

 On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
 
 
 > > The legibility can be improved a good bit by tinkering with the
 > > horizontal spacing and the column ordering, e.g. like this:
 >
 > The table would still occupy too much vertical space, which is a real
 > showstopper IMO.
 >
 > -uwe
 
 man automatically uses the "more" pager, so I don't see how this is much of an 
issue.  That, plus the fact that it's not uncommon to have longer displays 
these days.
 
 As for spreading it out to aid visibility, I find it easy to read as I 
proposed it - when you spread it out too far, the eye has to "interpolate" - 
which makes it more likely to be up/down a line when reading across.
 
 nul 000 00  0      040 20 32    @ 100 40 64    ` 140 60  96
 soh 001 01  1    ! 041 21 33    A 101 41 65    a 141 61  97
 stx 002 02  2    " 042 22 34    B 102 42 66    b 142 62  98
 etx 003 03  3    # 043 23 35    C 103 43 67    c 143 63  99
 eot 004 04  4    $ 044 24 36    D 104 44 68    d 144 64 100
 enq 005 05  5    % 045 25 37    E 105 45 69    e 145 65 101
 ack 006 06  6    & 046 26 38    F 106 46 70    f 146 66 102
 bel 007 07  7    ' 047 27 39    G 107 47 71    g 147 67 103
 bs  010 08  8    ( 050 28 40    H 110 48 72    h 150 68 104
 ht  011 09  9    ) 051 29 41    I 111 49 73    i 151 69 105
 nl  012 0a 10    * 052 2a 42    J 112 4a 74    j 152 6a 106
 vt  013 0b 11    + 053 2b 43    K 113 4b 75    k 153 6b 107
 np  014 0c 12    , 054 2c 44    L 114 4c 76    l 154 6c 108
 cr  015 0d 13    - 055 2d 45    M 115 4d 77    m 155 6d 109
 so  016 0e 14    . 056 2e 46    N 116 4e 78    n 156 6e 110
 si  017 0f 15    / 057 2f 47    O 117 4f 79    o 157 6f 111
 dle 020 10 16    0 060 30 48    P 120 50 80    p 160 70 112
 dc1 021 11 17    1 061 31 49    Q 121 51 81    q 161 71 113
 dc2 022 12 18    2 062 32 50    R 122 52 82    r 162 72 114
 dc3 023 13 19    3 063 33 51    S 123 53 83    s 163 73 115
 dc4 024 14 20    4 064 34 52    T 124 54 84    t 164 74 116
 nak 025 15 21    5 065 35 53    U 125 55 85    u 165 75 117
 syn 026 16 22    6 066 36 54    V 126 56 86    v 166 76 118
 etb 027 17 23    7 067 37 55    W 127 57 87    w 167 77 119
 can 030 18 24    8 070 38 56    X 130 58 88    x 170 78 120
 em  031 19 25    9 071 39 57    Y 131 59 89    y 171 79 121
 sub 032 1a 26    : 072 3a 58    Z 132 5a 90    z 172 7a 122
 esc 033 1b 27    ; 073 3b 59    [ 133 5b 91    { 173 7b 123
 fs  034 1c 28    < 074 3c 60    \ 134 5c 92    | 174 7c 124
 gs  035 1d 29    = 075 3d 61    ] 135 5d 93    } 175 7d 125
 rs  036 1e 30    > 076 3e 62    ^ 136 5e 94    ~ 176 7e 126
 us  037 1f 31    ? 077 3f 63    _ 137 5f 95  del 177 7f 127
 
 
 Seems quite compact, and, as a bonus, you get octal/hex/decimal equivalence 
table.
 
 Lastly, this format has a very long heritage in the Unix world.  For those of 
you old enough to remember, this is the same format as printed on the DEC 
pdp-11 Programming Card (mine is dated October 1974).
 
 -Mike