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lynx-dev special characters
From: |
Adalbert Goertz |
Subject: |
lynx-dev special characters |
Date: |
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 15:28:45 GMT |
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Subject : Re: lynx-dev special characters Reference : NONE
31-Oct-99 22:51 Adalbert Goertz wrote:
> hi:
> re: Foreign characters in LYNX.
> Can someone direct me to the conversion table that are used
> in translating special characters like German umlaute etc.
> to their LYNX equivalents?
> What is the reasoning of defining LYNX equivalents?
> If I had the choice, I would define for German umlaute
> A" to [
> O" to \
> U" to ]
> a" to {
> o" to |
> u" to }
> The reasoning for this is thus:
> I can easily find and replace these 6 symbols into umlaut symbols
> on my Apple computer.
1) I see no reason why you are not using a proper display/keyboard codepage
which will support German umlauts directly (such as iso-8859-1 or so,
set "display character set" in lynx O)ptions menu according your fonts
installed.
adalbert goertz responds:
What woould be the "proper display/keyboard codepage"
for my Apple//GS?
>> We need better special character handling on the web
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