Subj : Re: moving or not was: C To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 15 2020 21:03:44 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-Feb-2020 09:22 <=- NB>>> Oh, I knew that.... It's the actual doing thereof that is the NB>>> issue... Not all of them are workable in my editor... :) BM>> You've been taught well! You might want to try a different editor: BM>> WordPad tends to do some things differently from NotePad. NB>> I'm using MicroEMACS 3.8b for DOS.... works just fine for most of what NB>> I do... And I've been able to cut and paste some high/extended ASCII NB>> characters if I really do need to use them... And I can make the NB>> degree symbol.... ø See...? BM> Same process and can create others. NB> I've tried some others, but haven't been all that successful with NB> them, like the fractions and the cents symbol... I think the NB> degree symbol is just a fluke, actually... BM> Flukes are how some discoveries were found! Here ALT_248 is ø, ALT_155 BM> is ›. ALT 171 and 172 are « ¬, respectively. Whatever key « ¬ Ok, those two also work... but ALT_155 gives '[key not bound]' on the command line and beeps at me.... BM> combination gives you the degree symbol should give others, but of BM> course computers tend to like to show us humans who's boss, or at least BM> not passively complying and some keystrokes will be used for other BM> functions, like 'pi' will show up here in the body but in the tagline BM> will do a . So I just tried the ALT_227, and it does give a pi character... but I deleted it just in case it also does the thingy.... BM>> Though sometimes not-quite-as-expected results: the pi character BM>> (ALT_227, or at least for the current mode) will create a BM>> combination. (Carriage return --> back to Column 1, Line Feed --> BM>> drop down one line.) So [pi]r^2 becomes BM>> r^2 -- oops! NB>> Another reason not to stray too far into that territory... BM> Well we know 'Pandora' isn't your middle name! That's for sure... or if it is, it's AFTER she learned her lesson not to be too curious... and released the last bit, Hope, to mitigate things a bit... ;) BM> ... Early to bed and early to rise is first in the bathroom. Only works when no one is getting up in the middle of the night for their bathroom stumbles... ttyl neb .... Did you expect mere proof to sway my opinion? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .