Re: ANSI vs ASCII

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	I thought the XYWRITE arrow for the
	paragraph marker was desimal 20. Maybe
	it is something different (possibly above
	128). Can anyone identify the code nbr
	for the paragraph arrow used by XYWRITE??
	--DG

Hi, Dick. The IBM char set left-pointing arrow,
dec 27, isn't accessible as an ANSI char in the
nbWin draft font I use. IBM dec 20 is the
proofreading paragraph symbol, rendered by ANSI
dec 182 in the winNB draft font.

A suggestion: If you download AW_HEC.EXE, to
answer such questions you can just clear your
xyWrite CMline, type
	dos /c aw_hec
and execute. To find the char you're looking for,
PgUp and PgDn through the dos screen printout of
the IBM char set; to exit, Esc. Renders each char,
shows its hex and dec designations and category.
No setup necessary. aw_hec can't help with ANSI
questions, but it does have a hexdec calculator
too. (Perhaps Anne Putnam would be good enough
to point us to an NB ANSI set?)

Better printouts no doubt are out there. I
wrote aw_hec as a novice programming exercise;
It's been useful enough to me over the years
I uploaded it when I set up my site. At the
url in my sig, look for "xyWrite," then in
the TOC for "unrelated EXEs."

If you use xyWrite 4, aw_hec is especially handy
since one of xyW4's many "improvements" was
elimination of the Type 2 Help frames that are
the most direct way to the full IBM char set
in xyW3. ... Ciao. 			--a

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