Added -s option.

diff --git a/ascii.c b/ascii.c
index 3cf1a5ff0bcf89670528f95acffe2be1fba831d6..030fec1fe2c4269033118590c250c1b5b9ad3285 100644 (file)
--- a/ascii.c
+++ b/ascii.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *     v2.2 November 1997  -- merge in more changes by Ioannis Tambouras.
  *      v2.3 November 1997  -- incorporated Colin Plumb's splash-screen idea.
  *     v2.4 December 1998  -- additions by Brian Ginsbach.
+ *     v2.5                -- -s option by David N. Welton.
  *
  * Tries to interpret arguments as names or aliases of ascii characters
  * and dumps out *all* the aliases of each. Accepts literal characters,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 
-#define REVISION "$Revision: 1.10 $"
+#define REVISION "$Revision: 1.11 $"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ typedef char  *string;
 
 static unsigned char terse = 0;
 static unsigned char help = 0;
+static unsigned char line = 0;
 
 enum { decimal, hex, octal } mode;
 
@@ -304,6 +306,10 @@ process_options(int argc, char *argv[], char * opt_string)
        case 't':
            terse = 1; 
            break;
+       case 's':
+           terse=1; 
+           line=1; 
+           break;
        case 'd':
             print_table(decimal);
             exit(0);
@@ -441,6 +447,14 @@ char *str;
     if (len == 1)
        { speak(str[0]); return; }
 
+    /* process multiple letters */ 
+    if (line == 1) {   
+       for (ch = 0; ch < len; ch ++) {
+           speak(str[ch]);
+       }
+       return;
+    }
+
     /* interpret ^-escapes as control-character notation */
     if (strcmp(str, "^?") == 0)
          { speak(0x7F); return; } 
@@ -595,17 +609,16 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 int argc;
 char **argv;
 {
-    char      *optstring="thvxod" ;
+    char      *optstring="tshvxod" ;
 
 
     process_options(argc, argv, optstring) ;
 
     if (help || argc == optind)
        showHelp(stdout, argv[0]);
-    else {
-       for(argc--, argv++ ; argc > 0; argv++, argc--)
-           ascii(*argv) ;
-    }
+    else 
+       while (optind < argc)       
+           ascii(argv[optind++]);
     exit(0);
 }
 /******************************************************************/

diff --git a/ascii.xml b/ascii.xml
index c8d925deba78c3798dd2a8635b86a35b9d8eb453..a476a5e55833ec40fe24ae1638912d04816a852e 100644 (file)
--- a/ascii.xml
+++ b/ascii.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ are as follows:
 Script-friendly mode, emits only ISO/decimal/hex/octal/binary
 encodings of the character.
 .TP
+.B \-s
+Parse multiple characters.  Convenient way of parsing strings.
+.TP
 .B \-d
 Ascii table in decimal.
 .TP
@@ -128,6 +131,8 @@ and a few common-use alternatives (such as NL for LF).
 All comparisons are
 case-insensitive, and dashes are mapped to spaces.
 Any unrecognized arguments or out of range values are silently ignored.
+Note that the -s option will not recognize 'long' names, as it cannot
+differentiate them from other parts of the string.
 .P
 For correct results, be careful to stringize or quote shell metacharacters
 in arguments (especially backslash).
@@ -146,3 +151,4 @@ Ioannis E. Tambouras <ioannis@debian.org> added command options and minor
 enhancements.
 Brian J. Ginsbach <ginsbach@sgi.com> fixed several bugs and expanded the
 man page.
+David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org> added the -s option.
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