Subj : Re: Character codes
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Thu Feb 21 2019 17:05:00

In a message on 02-19-19 Maurice Kinal said to Holger Granholm:

Hej Maurice.

 HG> didn't agree with the chr.codes I had

MK> That is because it cannot be mapped out to PC8.  latin1 will work
MK> and will be mapped out to 0xf8 (dec 248 if you prefer).

MK> Near as I can figure dec 148 in PC8 would be the "LATIN SMALL LETTER
MK> O WITH DIAERESIS" which in latin1 is dec 246 or the ö character in
MK> utf8.

The expression 'diaeresis' doesn't exist in my vocabulary or dictionary.
However, if diaeresis is the same as the 'divide' sign on the numeric
keyboard I agree. That comes out as the Umlaut 'o' in when translated
from Latin 1.

 HG> and the slashed capital O is to be found among the graphical chrs
 HG> of PC8 as code 216. 

In Latin 1 it's represented by chr code D8 or dec.216 which happens to
be the same as in CP 437.

This chr is often used as a replacement for zero.

MK> I'll have to take your word for that since I have never found a map
MK> for PC8.  I have seen speculation that it is the same as CP437.
MK> Is it?

In that case I would recommend that you try to aquire the booklet
"IBM OS/2 Warp 4" "Keyboards and Code Pages" published in 1996 by IBM
with the Order No. 29H3183.

It contains a heap of keyboard layouts and Code Pages for Publishing,
EBCDIC, APL2 and of course Text. It's indispensable when figuring out
various keyboards and code pages.

MK> '...' En Møøse hade en gång min syster ...
What is this .................^^ in Latin 1?


Ha en bra dag,

Holger


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