On 2020-09-15, at 16:08:08, Rick Troth wrote: > > Same then goes for the square brackets (and their mis-mapped > counterparts). IBM introduced Codepage 1047 which GETS BRACKETS RIGHT. I > forget, as I write this, if CP 1047 gets not/circumflex right and I'm > having trouble pulling the codepages out of Wikipedia. But CP 1047 is > GOOD. Basically, CP 1047 is IBM listening and embracing "CP 37 v2" > because they had to. > What does "RIGHT" mean?: o As in the earliest PoOps? o As in the T-11 print train? (which rudely surprised me.) o Other (specify)?
It's too broken and for too long to fix. > Use CP 1047 and pretend CP 37 v2 doesn't exist. > That doesn't make it go away. Like trying to pretend that California doesn't have wildfires. -- gil
