From 1cebd86e5427ab6ee8e8849d399810906bcd3f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: qtfkwk <qtfkwk+hexyl@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:08:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add ascii-chart character table

---
 src/colors.rs | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib.rs    |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/colors.rs b/src/colors.rs
index 0d7a7bec..f9612d2b 100644
--- a/src/colors.rs
+++ b/src/colors.rs
@@ -182,3 +182,51 @@ pub const CP1047: [char; 256] = [
     '.','.','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','.','.','.','.','.','.',
     '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','.','.','.','.','.','.'
 ];
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+pub const ASCII_CHART: [char; 256] = [
+    // Mixes characters from:
+    //
+    // - Unicode Control Picture Block
+    // - Unicode Miscellaneous Technical Block
+    // - Unicode Supplemental Punctuation Block
+    // - ISO/IEC 8859-1
+    // - Windows-1252
+    // - Braille
+    //
+    // | Offset | Replacement | Description                            |
+    // |--------|-------------|----------------------------------------|
+    // | 00-20  | 2400-2420   | Unicode Control Pictures Block         |
+    // | 21-7E  | 21-7E       | ISO/IEC 8859-1                         |
+    // | 7F     | 2421        | Unicode Control Pictures Block         |
+    // | 80     | 80          | Windows-1252                           |
+    // | 81     | 81          | Braille                                |
+    // | 82-8C  | 82-8C       | Windows-1252                           |
+    // | 8D     | 8D          | Braille                                |
+    // | 8E     | 8E          | Windows-1252                           |
+    // | 8F-90  | 8F-90       | Braille                                |
+    // | 91-9C  | 91-9C       | Windows-1252                           |
+    // | 9D     | 9D          | Braille                                |
+    // | 9E-9F  | 9E-9F       | Windows-1252                           |
+    // | A0     | 237D        | Unicode Miscellaneous Technical Block  |
+    // | A1-AC  | A1-AC       | ISO/IEC 8859-1                         |
+    // | AD     | 2E1A        | Unicode Supplemental Punctuation Block |
+    // | AE-FF  | AE-FF       | ISO/IEC 8859-1                         |
+    //
+    '␀','␁','␂','␃','␄','␅','␆','␇','␈','␉','␊','␋','␌','␍','␎','␏',  // 0
+    '␐','␑','␒','␓','␔','␕','␖','␗','␘','␙','␚','␛','␜','␝','␞','␟',  // 1
+    '␠','!','"','#','$','%','&','\'','(',')','*','+',',','-','.','/', // 2
+    '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9',':',';','<','=','>','?',  // 3
+    '@','A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O',  // 4
+    'P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','[','\\',']','^','_', // 5
+    '`','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o',  // 6
+    'p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','{','|','}','~','␡',  // 7
+    '€','⢁','‚','ƒ','„','…','†','‡','ˆ','‰','Š','‹','Œ','⢓','Ž','⢛',  // 8
+    '⢄','‘','’','“','”','•','–','—','˜','™','š','›','œ','⢗','ž','Ÿ',  // 9
+    '⍽','¡','¢','£','¤','¥','¦','§','¨','©','ª','«','¬','⸚','®','¯',  // A
+    '°','±','²','³','´','µ','¶','·','¸','¹','º','»','¼','½','¾','¿',  // B
+    'À','Á','Â','Ã','Ä','Å','Æ','Ç','È','É','Ê','Ë','Ì','Í','Î','Ï',  // C
+    'Ð','Ñ','Ò','Ó','Ô','Õ','Ö','×','Ø','Ù','Ú','Û','Ü','Ý','Þ','ß',  // D
+    'à','á','â','ã','ä','å','æ','ç','è','é','ê','ë','ì','í','î','ï',  // E
+    'ð','ñ','ò','ó','ô','õ','ö','÷','ø','ù','ú','û','ü','ý','þ','ÿ',  // F
+];
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 48fbc5bd..f42d08ab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ pub enum CharacterTable {
 
     /// Uses braille characters for non-printable bytes.
     Braille,
+
+    /// ASCII Chart
+    AsciiChart,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default, ValueEnum)]
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ impl Byte {
                     char::from_u32(0x2800 + to_braille_bits(self.0) as u32).unwrap()
                 }
             },
+            CharacterTable::AsciiChart => ASCII_CHART[self.0 as usize],
         }
     }
 }