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   Message 859 of 3,070   
   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   OpenXP's message editor   
   19 Apr 19 13:42:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d79025d5   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.3 6142410b   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 19.04.19 - 14:01, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
      
   AA>> alt-254 = þ   
   MF> OK in WinPoint and OpenXP.   
      
   Check! (in oxp)   
      
      
   AA>> alt-128 = €   
   MF> OK in WinPoint and OpenXP.   
      
   Check! (in oxp)   
      
      
   AA>> alt-158 = ž   
   MF> OK in WinPoint.   
   MF> In OpenXP, I'm seeing "P".   
      
   That's funny..  I *am* seeing this as the proper  "Pts" symbol in my DOS/    
   Windows version of OXP, so that means Winpoint is sending it back     
   correctly.  But your oxp is changing it. Maybe this is a Linux issue on     
   your side?   
      
      
   AA>> alt-228 = X   
   MF> In WinPoint, I'm seeing "X".   
   MF> In OpenXP, I'm seeing "S".   
      
   This one came back to me changed to an "X" from your WinPoint system.   
      
      
   AA>> X <- check/tick!   
   MF> In WinPoint, I'm not seeing the Square Root symbol, I'm seeing "X".   
   MF> In OpenXP, I'm not seeing anything at all.   
      
   Got an "X" back from your WinPoint editor.   BUT..  I recall seeing the     
   correct symbol in past quoted NETMAIL when you were using oxp.  Will have     
   to double-check.  Confirmed.. I found an echomail message (generated with     
   oxp/linux) quoted back from you showing the correct symbol, but you said     
   that it only changes when you lauch the oxp/linux editor.   
      
      
   MF> In fact, there's no Square Root Symbol in my ASCII chart.   
      
   Huh?  Tick/SquareRoot/Check = Alt-251 => û  <-looks ok going out with oxp   
      
   You really want the tick symbol to render right!   .. After all, oxp     
   uses that char here and there.   
      
      
   MF> -+- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)   
      
   In summary, although oxp/dos supports extended-ascii (alt-128 to alt-254),     
   some of the chars get lost to the linux version of same?   
      
   Not a huge matter, but it would be nice to be sure that all the chars in     
   that range are supported between dos and linux versions.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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