Re: lynx-dev Re: 8-bit characters in EDITTEXTAREA

[Greg Marr]

At 03:53 PM 2/10/99 , Leonid wrote:
>10-Feb-99 10:38 Kim DeVaughn wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 1999, Ismael Cordeiro (address@hidden) said:
>> |
>> | I couldn't find any previous report about this problem.
>> |
>> | When using EDITTEXTAREA, 8-bit characters are "translated" to dots when I
>> | quit the editor. If I go back to the editor, the original 8-bit characters
>> | appear as dots.
>
>> It shouldn't be "8-bit chars" that get replaced with a ".", but only
>> "control chars" (ie, chars with numeric values below a SPACE, in either
>> ASCII or EBCDIC).
>
>No, Kim, chars from 128-255 really being translated to dots,

Actually, characters from -127 to SPACE are being translated to dots, since the
comparison is being done with *signed* characters rather than unsigned
characters.

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