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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Displaying accented characters
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Date: 15 Dec 94 14:24:34 MDT
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In article <KSHAW.94Dec15092623@jobe.shell.portal.com>, kshaw@jobe.shell.portal.com (kendall thomason shaw) writes:
>
> Hi, I get mail from a listserv group which contains accented
> characters (irish), and I see in emacs there are functions
> standard-european-display, and iso-accent-mode. I've tried issuing set
> transfer character-set latin1, but this does not change anything, I
> still get escaped octal codes or whatever, e.g. \353. I'll read more,
> but if someone can point me in the right direction I'd be grateful.
---------------
Ah yes. The writer is using a different display character set than
you are, and the transmission software had not a clue about how to deal
with character sets.
At the risk of preaching to the choir, Kermits know how to deal with
this cleanly and effectively, for terminal emulation and file transfer.
You did not indicate which platform you were using to read the
traffic so advice is a little limited here. May I suggest trying MSK
on a DOS machine, and change your DOS Code Page to match the other end
(try CP850 first, versus the default CP437). The finer points of character
sets and Kermits are explained at length in the user's manuals: "Using
MS-DOS Kermit" and "Using C Kermit." Worth reading more about it, as we
keep saying to people.
Btw, the terms "standard-european-display" and "iso-accent-mode"
are extremely vague when referring to character sets. Please read our
manuals to obtain a firmer grip than Emacs can exert.
Joe D.