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Re: CP437 Routine

Robert,
Thanks for your explanation. The routines answer a real need. Years ago
PCMagazine published a utility--KBX.com--that was useful for inserting
special characters.
As to the logic of the routines in U2, I had overlooked the possibility
that someone might want to insert special characters in the command line
(in search and replace operations e.g.). Sorry to trouble you and Carl.
Grateful for your help.


Robert Grigg

Previous message:
There's a basket of routines -- CP437, CP850, CP1252, CPLOW, FOREIGN,
GREEK/MATH, LINES, PATTERNS, SPECIAL -- that work similarly: they put the
selected character where you want it. The principle is: If you launch with
cursor on CMline (what you are repeatedly doing), they go on CMline.
Whereas... (can you guess?) launch with cursor in text, they go in text!!!
(One man's obvious is another man's obscure, I guess... *All* of our
character

and string handling routines work the same way: the location of the cursor at
launch *is* the target position.)

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