Re: reply to Robert Holmgren on memory problems--special characters

[Dorothy Day day@xxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Robert Hemenway wrote:

>
> XyWrite has its own number codes for ASCII characters above the standard
> 128; they're listed in the CHARSET file. Xy has its own code page, in
> short, that doesn't correspond to any of the standard pages so far as I
> know. This accounts for some (most?) of the garbled texts when you
> import files. The garbles can be corrected with a search-and-replace
> program. A little monotonous to write, but when it's done it's done, and
> if additions crop up in the future thay're easy to insert.
>

Actually, for ASCII 128-256, the code you listed below are straight IBM
ASCII, a version different from the ANSI Windows and ANSI Macintosh sets
now more familiar to most computer users. Before Windows and Mac OS, the
IBM set was the most commonly used character set. (No digression to
EBCDIC and other mainframe horror stories...)

> *XyWin Upper Codes for ASCII 850 code page*
>
> (Wonder how this XyWin file is converted in moving on and off the
> Clipboard.)
>
> ASCII	XyWin		Character Name
>
> 134	391	?	Dagger*	
> 135	392	?	Double dagger*	
> 138	344	?	S caron*	
> 139	262	?	Left single guillemet*	
> 140	659	?	OE*	
> 145	266	?	Left single quote*	
> 146	267	?	Right single quote*	
> 147	264	?	Left double quote*	
> 148	265	?	Right double quote*	
> 150	259	?	En dash* –	
> 151	260	?	Em dash* &mdash	
> 154	349	?	s caron	
> 155	263	?	Right single guillemet	
> 156	660	?	oe	
> 161	173	¡	Exclamation point inv	
> 163	156	£	Pound 	
> 165	190	--	Yen	
> 166	221	--	Broken bar	
> 167	245	--	Section	
> 169	184	--	Copyright	
> 171	174	«	Left double guillemet	
> 172	170	¬	Logical not	
> 173	240	--	Hyphen	
> 174	169	--	Registered	
> 175	238	¯
> 176	248	°	Degree* &degree;	
> 177	241	±	Plus or minus	
> 182	244	--	Paragraph	
> 183	250	·	Middle dot	
> 184	247	--	Cedilla	
> 187	175	»	Right double guillemet	
> 188	172	¼	One-quarter	
> 189	171	½	One-half	
> 190	243	--	Three-quarters	
> 191	168	¿	Question mark, inv	
> 192	183	--	A grave	
> 193	181	--	A acute	
> 194	182	--	A circumflex	
> 195	199	--	A tilde	
> 196	142	Ä	A umlaut	
> 197	143	Å	A overcircle	
> 198	146	Æ	AE diphthong	
> 199	128	Ç	C Cedilla	
> 200	212	--	E grave	
> 201	144	É	E acute	
> 202	210	--	E circumflex	
> 203	211	--	E umlaut	
> 204	222	--	I grave	
> 205	214	--	I acute	
> 206	215	--	I circumflex	
> 207	216	--	I umlaut	
> 209	165	Ñ	N tilde	
> 210	227	--	O grave	
> 211	224	--	O acute	
> 212	226	--	O circumflex	
> 213	229	--	O tilde	
> 214	153	Ö	O umlaut	
> 215	158	--	Multiply	
> 216	157	¥	O slash	 (yen, an error on my screen)
> 217	235	--	U grave	
> 218	233	--	U acute	
> 219	234	--	U circumflex	
> 220	154	Ü	U umlaut	
> 223	225	ß	German double s 	
> 224	133	à	a grave	
> 225	160	á	a acute	
> 226	131	â	a circumflex	
> 227	198	--	a tilde	
> 228	132	ä	a umlaut	
> 229	134	å	a overcircle	
> 230	145	æ	ae diphthong	
> 231	135	ç	c cedilla	
> 232	138	è	e grave	
> 233	130	é	e acute	
> 234	136	ê	e circumflex	
> 235	137	ë	e umlaut	
> 236	141	ì	i grave	
> 237	161	í	i acute	
> 238	140	î	i circumflex	
> 239	139	ï	i umlaut	
> 241	164	ñ	n tilde	
> 242	149	ò	o grave	
> 243	162	ó	o acute	
> 244	147	ô	o circumflex	
> 245	228	--	o tilde	
> 246	148	ö	o umlaut	
> 247	246	÷	Divide sign	
> 248	155	¢	o slash	(cent, an error on my screen)
> 249	151	ù	u grave	
> 250	163	ú	u acute	
> 251	150	û	u circumflex	
> 252	129	ü	u umlaut	
> 253	236	--	y acute	
> 255	152	ÿ	y umlaut	
>
> A long message. Hope it transmits and that it's of some use.
>
> Robert Hemenway
>

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Dorothy Day			
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