X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,17f3cad637d2e36e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-13 04:03:02 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!swrinde!pipex!sunic!news.kth.se!news.ifm.liu.se!newsy.lysator.liu.se!linus From: linus@lysator.liu.se (Linus Tolke Y) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Answer: Ascii characters (kinda long) Date: 13 Nov 1994 12:03:02 GMT Organization: Lysator Computer Society, Link|ping University, Sweden Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <39i03e$fli@panix.com> <39prv5$qtq@usenet.rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lysistrate.lysator.liu.se In-reply-to: levinb@cortez.its.rpi.edu's message of 9 Nov 1994 06:58:45 GMT To: levinb@cortez.its.rpi.edu (charcoal grey) In article <39prv5$qtq@usenet.rpi.edu> levinb@cortez.its.rpi.edu (charcoal grey) writes: >Extended characters are sometimes available, and the following is a >qualitative description of each. Where I knew them, names are included. >Accents are labeled as: > aigue: a ' over a character, corresponding to the French aigue > grave: a ` over the character, corr. to the French accent grave > umlats: two dots over a character > circle: a tiny o over a char, don't know the real name for it > cedilla(sp?): a tiny squiggle at the bottom ofthe letter 'C' > hat: a ^ over a character, I can't remember the real name for this mark > tilde: a ~ over the letter 'N' > dieresis: it's the proper name for either a circle or a hat, but I > can't remember, and it's aggravating. > >127 resembles a tiny house, or 'home plate' from baseball >128 C cedilla >129 u umlat >130 e aigue >131 a hat [Long list deleted.] There are several sets of extended character sets. The most common is the iso-8859-1 or Latin1. That is not the one you are listing here. I would have prefered if you would have given the name of the extended character set you are describing. It seems to me like something that IBM or Microsoft has invented. Most mail and www software uses mime and defaults to iso-8859-1 (Latin1). I don't know if it even works with the strange set you are describing. It certainly requires a name for it to do so. /Linus