Create new ASCII characters

[greg_quinn]

Hi,

Is there any way to create my own ascii characters?

i.e I would like for example to create a set of characters that can mean different words.

i.e

# - Hello

Where # would be my custom ASCII character.
I would then write a software app that could understand my custom ASCII set.

Thanks

[penagate]

Well you could just create a table of your own character definitions and go by that. There's nothing that says how you have to do it.

I would define all your custom characters first, say use a byte or two bytes per character, and then check each byte/two bytes of a file in this format against the definition for that value in your table.

[greg_quinn]

Thing is I need 11 million characters. Each will have its own symbol. How do I start about doing something like this?

i.e how do I create all these symbols and give them a code?