From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 1 6: 3:39 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A9637B401 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 06:03:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2520C43EB2 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 06:03:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a136.otenet.gr [212.205.215.136]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01E3Nu1012572; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:03:31 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01AV6EG006186; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:31:07 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h01AV6sU006185; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:31:06 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:31:06 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Danny Horne Cc: syborg@stny.rr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (OT) non-keyboard ascii characters Message-ID: <20030101103106.GC5445@gothmog.gr> References: <2030.192.168.48.232.1041373163.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net> <2618.192.168.48.232.1041381260.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2618.192.168.48.232.1041381260.squirrel@webmail.clifftop.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-01-01 00:34, Danny Horne 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