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   August Abolins to Maurice Kinal   
   utf-8 stuff..   
   19 Jan 26 16:00:00   
   
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   PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Maurice!   
      
    >> via simple Alt-[key] presses get the desired umlaut version for the   
    >> letters I needed.  That was all done in a terminal of sorts with   
    >> Frontdoor editor, no problem.   
      
    MK> That still works in linux even on the commandline.  In the case of the   
    MK> 'ΓΈ' character I just inserted it in vim using that exact method -   
    MK> holding the left-Alt down while typing 2, 4 and 8 in that exact order.   
    MK> Note that it is automajically converted to utf8 by my current vimrc but   
    MK> could easily be an 8-bit Latvian character set.  Pick one and I'll prove   
    MK> it.   
      
   Maybe I should try the windows version of vim as my editor?   
      
           https://www.vim.org/download.php   
      
      
    MK> Anyhow it looks like your busybox is capable.  Too bad about your   
    MK> crippled OS but thems the breaks when dealing with MS products.   
      
   At this stage, I would love to have my Alt-[key] functionality back.   
      
   Even the Windows keyboard language toggle seems to have stopped working on my     
   Win7 pc!   
      
      
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