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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: generate umlaut over telnet?
Date: 10 Dec 1999 15:00:26 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <1999Dec10.091814.1@eisner>,
Bob Koehler <koehler@eisner.decus.org> wrote:
:
: I've noticed that I can generate the letter � (u with an umlaut,
: decimal 252) locally with no trouble (compose u "), but not over a
: telnet connection. The only real difference I can see is that the
: local LAT connection is eightbit, and the remote telnet connection is
: not.
:
: I know I can use specins in EDT to get this character into a file,
: but is there any way to generate this character over a telnet
: connection when I'm not using an editor? So far all attemtps have
: simply rendered |.
:
: It doens't have to return legibly over telnet (the one I inserted above
: echos now in TPU as a reverse question mark over telnet, but when I'm at
: DCL it echos correctly from TYPE'ing a file over telnet).
:
It depends on your Telnet client. I can speak for C-Kermit; if you tell
it to "set command bytesize 8" and "set terminal bytesize 8", this gives
a clear 8-bit path between your keyboard and screen and the remote host,
and you should be able to see your Umlaute. (In C-Kermit 7.0:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
the shortcut command, "eight", makes all data paths be 8-bit.)
Furthermore, if the remote host uses a different character set than your
terminal or emulator, you can have C-Kermit convert for you. For example,
if your local VMS character set is DEC Multinational, and the remote
computer uses (say) HP-Roman8, just tell C-Kermit to:
set terminal character-set hp-roman8 dec-multinational
and then you'll have the right stuff on both ends, and it will look right
no matter which end you view it from.
- Frank