Subj : Test message: High ASCII
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Barry Martin
Date : Tue Nov 20 2018 12:45:00


Hi Daryl!


 BM>I want to see to what ø this makes › to eveyone!
 BM>(I want to see to what degree this makes sense to everyone!)
 BM>Degree symbol is ALT_248.
 BM>Cents symbol is ALT_155
 BM>Using ALT_0248 and 0155 displays the same here.
 BM>ALT_(0)176 is °.
 DS>   Saw it fine here with OLX (Offline Express). But, some programs
 DS> (i.e. MultiMail and Notepad for Windows) won't let you use the
 DS> high ascii characters.

Actually they do work fine with MultiMail -- maybe not with the usual 
plug-in editor.  Using MM here with SEdit.

Ahhh!  NotePad displays the degree symbol as that mystery o-overstrike-/
character!  ...And so does WordPad.  OK, so that problem appears to be
due to Microsoft's introductory-level word processing.



 DS>   Andy Stewart, who did a bunch of doors years ago (they're now
 DS> freeware, but require a small TSR to make them run) also did a
 DS> program that will generate the list of high ascii characters, and
 DS> how to create them. That has been useful for me, when I create my
 DS> ANSI bulletins.
 DS>   I first open up the MS-DOS Editor, and create an ASCII version.
 DS> Then, I change or add high ascii characters. Lastly, I add the
 DS> ANSI color codes. Not overly fancy, but it works.

As long as it works!  I've done than a few projects a little oddly 
because didn't know a better way (common for me!), the real way was too
expensive for a one/few time use, etc., etc.


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