Yes, it is possible. This is an example:
perl -C -E'say\x{e8f4}\x{e8f5}'
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/wivY9.png
The magic happens not at the Perl level, but at the rendering step.
I first picked two unassigned codepoints. Unicode provides a private
use area for exactly this kind of
Is it possible to write a perl script to print a completely custom
character on a console text terminal?
Say a D rotated 90 degrees or something.
or an A with the innards filled in.
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On 12/29/2011 10:48 AM, FORREST COPLEY wrote:
Is it possible to write a perl script to print a completely custom
character on a console text terminal?
Say a D rotated 90 degrees or something.
or an A with the innards filled in.
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I don't see how you can do that... you are dependent on the capabilities of
the terminal. If its an old school text terminal, you can't just
draw arbitrary stuff like a rotated D. That is pretty fancy and even in
graphics mode has nothing to do with perl, or do I misunderstand your
question?
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