Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:31:06 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Danny Horne <danny@clifftop.net> Cc: syborg@stny.rr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (OT) non-keyboard ascii characters Message-ID: <20030101103106.GC5445@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <2618.192.168.48.232.1041381260.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net> References: <2030.192.168.48.232.1041373163.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212311901280.19126-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> <2618.192.168.48.232.1041381260.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net>
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On 2003-01-01 00:34, Danny Horne <danny@clifftop.net> wrote: > >> I find holding down 'Alt' & typing in the number of the character works > >> for me (though I don't use Pine or Mutt). > > > > Didn't wok for me in pine or nedit, although this may be charset > > dependent. Which apps does this work for you in? xterm? > > I don't use any Unix / Linux MUA's, it works for me in Squirrelmail (webmail > app) & Outlook Express. > > Just tried it in the Joe text editor & it works fine on standard ASCII > characters, but produces unpredictable results trying to use extended ones. That's probably because joe(1) shows ASCII characters 128-255 in its own special way when you don't fire it up with the -asis option. Running it with `joe -asis' or enabling the same option in your .joerc file should work fine. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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