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Re: lynx-dev character sets
From: |
Leonid Pauzner |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev character sets |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:20:49 +0400 (MSD) |
> * From: Heikki Kantola <address@hidden>
> > > # Western (cp850)
> >
> > Perhaps call this the DOS International Character Set.
>
> That still sounds somewhat awkward, but I agree that it would be nice to
> say it's one of the DOS codepages.
>
Could it be written out of options page, but in options help?
(Why people don't like read help!)
I add a note to "display character set" section. Is it OK?
diff -u old/lynx_use.htm ./lynx_use.htm
--- old/lynx_use.htm Mon Aug 31 19:25:46 1998
+++ ./lynx_use.htm Thu Sep 3 13:52:42 1998
@@ -612,7 +612,10 @@
according to your terminal's character set so that characters
other than 7-bit ASCII can be displayed correctly, using
approximations if necessary. You must have the selected
- character set installed on your terminal.
+ character set installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now
+ supports a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note
+ that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers, and
+ windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.)
<dt>Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode
<dd>Whether 8-bit characters are assumed to correspond with the
diff -u old/option_h.htm ./option_h.htm
--- old/option_h.htm Sat Aug 15 14:57:56 1998
+++ ./option_h.htm Thu Sep 3 13:45:06 1998
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@
so that characters other than 7-bit ASCII can be
displayed correctly, using approximations if
necessary. You must have the selected character set
- installed on your terminal.
+ installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now supports
+ a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note
+ that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers,
+ and windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.)
Raw 8-bit or CJK - Toggles whether 8-bit characters are assumed to
mode correspond with the display character set and