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VK3ABK > HELP 30.11.05 01:02l 86 Lines 3328 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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From: VK3ABK@VK3BBS.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : HELP@WW
Hello again. (Squares)
The mystery of a missing 'superscript' (got it right, John) has been solved.
At least, it has been explained in detail and it seems that I am bugged!
But first, an apology. I made a note to send a reply to Clyde, ZS1CS, and
got his name mixed with notes for Bryan, G0SYR. Bad form, Bryan. Sorry.
This theme has been an education to me, and I suspect, to many others.
We tend to be somewhat insular in our home computing not being a 'net user
I was unaware of the variety of fonts and keyboards that Patrick, DF3VI,
reveals in his reply bulletin.
But first, to comment on Bryan's detailed bulletin.
Bryan wrote...
"I'm actually using some currently developing software called
Dialog by 40tude that is attempting to provide support for
not an easy task...."
"As this software is trying to provide a newsreader that
can be used in all manner of languages it is very
versatile ..."
This, and the rest of a detailed bulletin has made me aware of the problems
that come with 'globalization' of communications.
And further...
"My main reason for choosing it is that is the only FREE
newsreader I've found that allows me to edit my own X-headers
to allow me to gate back into AX25 and maintain the randomly
generated 'TO' fields."
This is a clue to the strange effect that I first found; that in the bulletin
headers of four writers, the E=mc squared showed a superscript 2, and then
in the text, ^2 was used. I wondered if some sysop was changing the header
'Title' notation. Why should the writers use two different sysmols?
And again...
"So, here on my PC, I have three different apperances for the squared-symbol,
even though all through this program (WPP) the same font (Courier) is used.
I see a squared symbol for alt-253 (²), but when switching to the other
codepage it becomes a square. In the message list, the same character is a
"y" with an accent (´) on top ()! Isn't that crazy?"
Yes. And to think we have been reading and saving bulletins from John, G0MNY
is ASCII from 0 to 255. I know some of us have had problems with these, but
I have always got them 100%. I think we need extended ASCII in spite of the
'international' problems it can cause.
Thank you for going to the trouble of testing my paKet 6 discovery, Bryan.
This confirms a fault (the only one) and one that had me wondering if I was
seeing things! (That should read 'not' seeing things) When I scrolled the
message, I couldn't believe what I didn't see. If you see what I mean. :-)
Then Patrick, DF3VI, wrote...
Hello Dick.
"Character sets become a strange thing when you leave the ASCII characters
(32-127). There are so many national code pages, and each and every has
different signs at the same character number. .... And to make things more
complex, Microsoft also changed character sets during the developement of
Windows; Win 3.1 is different from Win95."...
"So, here on my PC, I have three different apperances for the squared-symbol"
That pretty well summs up the problem, and ^2 is the winner!
And, as Andy, GM7HUD, wrote...
"Welcome to the world of font incompatibility. :-)"
Thanks to all who sent 'help' on this small matter, that grew to one much
bigger than I anticipated. This, to me, is 21st Century Amateur Radio.
73. Dick. VK3ABK.
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