Markus Kuhn wrote:
> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:08:18 +0100, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pisze:
> > If you want to use 8 bit encodings (like latin1), 0x9b is a valid
> > character, and you are forced to use ESC sequences...
>
> ISO 8-bit encodings like Latin-1 are split up into C0/G0/C1/G1 regions.
> Check out ECMA-43 "8-bit Coded Character Set Structure and Rules" on
>
> http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ECMA-043.HTM
>
> for details. The problem is more with IBM/Microsoft code pages, which do
> not follow ECMA-43 = ISO 4873. Their characters can really only be
> accessed via UTF-8 safely in the context of a terminal emulator.
Sorry, my mistake. latin1 doesn't use 0x9b as a normal character. Thus CSI
doesn't cause trouble for latin1.
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