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Article #273Re: Questions about LATIN-1 (8859-1)
From: Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Cor...
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 00:45
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 00:45
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In article <1991Apr29.184000.26077@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes... >In article <1991Apr27.053523.17867@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu writes: >>>>5) Why does the standard contain the diacritical marks ... >>These are _spacing_ diacritics and cannot be combined with letters in ISO 8859. > >Uh, character code 010 is backspace, which makes such combination eminently >possible. Sorry, not within the scope of ISO 8859: that standard does not include control characters. Also, ISO 4873, the parent eight-bit code structure standard, specifically prohibits combinations with BACKSPACE as being considered graphic characters. Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford MA (lasko@regent.enet.dec.com) Disclaimer: My opinions are my own; the facts can speak for themselves.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!regent.dec.com!lasko From: lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford, MA) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Questions about LATIN-1 (8859-1) Message-ID: <22393@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 30 Apr 91 00:45:30 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 16