The ASCII Character Set for Emacs Users
Note that character code values are given in Octal (base 8), Emacs'
preferred number base.
We are only displaying the lower half of ASCII here, i.e.,
those characters where the high-order bit is zero. There are no
standard names or graphics for the characters in the upper half, but
Emacs calls them the meta characters. For example, the
character M-a is a with the high-order bit
set. The ASCII value for a is octal 0141, so the ASCII
value for M-a is octal 0340, which is 0141 + 0177 (0177
is 128 decimal; there are 128 characters in the lower half of ASCII).
Likewise, C-z is 032, and C-M-z is 0231.
The Control Characters
There are 32 control characters (and 32 meta-control characters in the
upper half).
|000 C-@|001 C-a|002 C-b|003 C-c|004 C-d|005 C-e|006 C-f|007 C-g|
|010 C-h|011 C-i|012 C-j|013 C-k|014 C-l|015 C-m|016 C-n|017 C-o|
|020 C-p|021 C-q|022 C-r|023 C-s|024 C-t|025 C-u|026 C-v|027 C-w|
|030 C-x|031 C-y|032 C-z|033 C-[|034 C-\e|035 C-]|036 C-^|037 C-_|
The Graphic Characters
There are 95 graphic, or printing, characters: all of those listed
below with the exception of 0177 DEL (the delete character).
|040 SP |041 ! |042 " |043 # |044 $ |045 % |046 & |047 ' |
|050 ( |051 ) |052 * |053 + |054 , |055 - |056 . |057 / |
|060 0 |061 1 |062 2 |063 3 |064 4 |065 5 |066 6 |067 7 |
|070 8 |071 9 |072 : |073 ; |074 < |075 = |076 > |077 ? |
|100 @ |101 A |102 B |103 C |104 D |105 E |106 F |107 G |
|110 H |111 I |112 J |113 K |114 L |115 M |116 N |117 O |
|120 P |121 Q |122 R |123 S |124 T |125 U |126 V |127 W |
|130 X |131 Y |132 Z |133 [ |134 \e |135 ] |136 ^ |137 _ |
|140 ` |141 a |142 b |143 c |144 d |145 e |146 f |147 g |
|150 h |151 i |152 j |153 k |154 l |155 m |156 n |157 o |
|160 p |161 q |162 r |163 s |164 t |165 u |166 v |167 w |
|170 x |171 y |172 z |173 { |174 | |175 } |176 ~ |177 DEL|
Keith Waclena <k-waclena@uchicago.edu>
The University of Chicago Library
This page last updated: Wed Aug 2 09:26:34 CDT 1995
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