Hi
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> There are many popularly accepted "standard" reference sources that
SH> show an ascii table consisting of 256 characters.
These references do not show ASCII, but eg CP437 (standard DOS Codepage)
CP437 consists of:
0-127: standard ASCII
128-255: cp437 extension to ASCII
Almost all codepages differ only in the high ascii range.
eg cp850 (equivalent to iso-latin-1 in dos) consists of ASCII+cp850
extension ...
SH> If ascii does indeed have only 128 characters then there ought to be
SH> a footnote and explanation about it in all of the "standard"
SH> reference sources.
There IS :)
(if not than you have a really bad reference ... :)
SH> This is why we have a problem.
I still can't see the problem ...
SH> People do not agree on what are the "standard" rules and what rules
SH> are merely "dealer's choice". Any set of rules may be agreed upon,
SH> but all players must understand whose rules will regulate the game.
There are rules and these rules are accepted ...
SH> As I interpret what has been explained to me on this list, there are
SH> 256 ALT + NUM characters. The first 128 of these are ascii
SH> characters. All of the the rest are "wild".
No ... the rest depends on the codepage you use ...
They are also standardized. (mostly :)
SH> In email it is very difficult to describe the "value" of an ALT + NUM
SH> character, especially one that is greater than 128.
No ... absolutely not.
The Email consists of the values ...
and a line telling HOW TO INTERPRET THEM ...
(characterset latin-1, cp437 ...)
If you know what codepage the sender was using, you can show the characters
on your system correctly as well ...)
SH> IMHO, there ought to be a "standard" universally accepted chart for
SH> all 256 ALT + NUM characters.
There is a standard for most european languages.
(iso-latin-1 ...)
SH> Other languages may simply use some other system.
Exactly .. and this is how it works ....
for example there are 2 hungarian characters missing from latin-1, so
there's iso-latin2 containing all hungarian characters ....
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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