Well, some mainframe compilers require a different code page for special characters they require, so anybody using the compiler might need a REXXPLI or REXXAPL version.
On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 12:47 PM Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, 5 May 2023 12:12:46 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: > > >On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 7:40 PM David Crayford wrote: > ><deleted> > >> ... Oh well, that’s life dealing with the major suckage that is EBCDIC! > >> > >You could create a patch for the most common EBCDIC code page > >(US.-ENG), then modify and test for other code pages. > > > Stay with IBM-1047, preferred by z/OS UNIX and supported by autoconversion. > Don't nurture "major suckage". > > But what about the '¬'? > If I copy-and-;aste it from regina.pdf it doesn't work as a negator, and: > say c2x( '¬' ) > C2AC > (It works if I translate it to IBM-1252.) Text in manuals should Just Work > when copied into programs. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
