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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Help: how to get PARAGRAPH character on German keyboard ????
Date: 16 Aug 1995 15:00:45 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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References: <409rmi$pmm@rzcom.stadt-mh.de>
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Keywords: emulation, mapping, paragraph
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In article <409rmi$pmm@rzcom.stadt-mh.de>,
h.-j. rosenberger <rosenb@stadt-mh.de> wrote:
(Dear readers: Be sure to use 8-bit display and Latin-1 character set
when reading this message or it will make no sense...)
: We are using MSKERMIT 3.14 with the LATIN1-char-set. Everything work
: o.k., except the mapping of the '-sign! Kermit will send the '-sign to
: the host as \21, which is ok, because this is the place, where you can
: find it in the CODE-PAGE 437 we are using. But instead, it should be
: mapped to \167, its place in Latin1 !
:
First, we should all be aware of the confusion surrounding the name
"paragraph sign". Americans think it is the glyph that looks like a
backwards uppercase "P" with two vertical strokes (6), whereas Europeans
give this name to the one that looks a bit like an uppercase "S" with a
circle in the middle ('). The real name for the "P" sign (6) is Pilcrow
sign. In this text, "paragraph sign" refers to the true Paragraph sign
(').
PC Code page 437 does not contain a Paragraph sign OR a Pilcrow sign.
If you want to use Latin-1 as your terminal character set, then you
should also set your PC code page to 850, because CP850 contains all the
graphics characacters of Latin-1 (but, of course, using different codes):
CHCP 850
SET TERMINAL CODE-PAGE CP850
SET TERMINAL CHARACTER-SET LATIN1
SET TERMINAL BYTESIZE 8
SET PARITY NONE
Then you can view and enter all Latin-1 characters. Below you can see how
I used MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 to enter them into this message:
Par Pil
Compose ' 6 ; Using Compose Key: Alt-c SO and Alt-c PP
Alt-nnn ' 6 ; Using Alt-nnn method: Alt-245 and Alt-244
Neither of these methods is necessary if you have such keys directly on
your national keyboard.
The Alt-nnn method is documented in "Using MS-DOS Kermit". The Compose
key is documented in the KERMIT.UPD file.
- Frank