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Re: gpic and 8-bit characters (was: Proposed GNU troff behavior change:
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Tadziu Hoffmann |
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Re: gpic and 8-bit characters (was: Proposed GNU troff behavior change: require end-of-input macros to exit) |
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Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:51:50 +0100 |
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> > So because both being above ASCII (8 bit area),
> ASCII is not an 8-bit code. It is a 7-bit code, [...]
Latin-1 is a superset of ASCII, with ASCII occupying the lower
half, so technically I would argue that the above statement
"being above ASCII" (namely, being in the area where the
eighth bit is set) is correct. :-)