Changi NNTP Server 1.0

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Character Translation File

Some newsreaders are unable to properly convert characters. The purpose of this file is to provide a simple way for translations of country specific characters between Changi and connected newsreaders.

This file will be used by Changi if either the CHANGICHARTRANFILE environment is set or if the program is called with option -T.

The file may contain several lines, with two characters on each line separated by a space.

Assuming that a file named testtran.set exists with the following contents

[ |
and Changi is called with option -Ttesttran.set, then each occurence of the character [ in the subject line and the body of any message transfered from the server to the newsreader is converted to | and vice versa.

Instead of entering the character itself, you may also specify its ASCII code, either in decimal,

91 124
octal,
\133 \174
or hexadecimal:
\x5B \x7C
Note, that this is an experimental feature and should be used with care.


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URL: changi/manual/chartran.html
Created: 3 August 1996
Revised: 21 November 1996
Author: harald@os2point.ping.de