How can I use characters that aren't on my keyboard?

Question

How can I use characters that aren't on my keyboard?

Answer

  Learn about codepages, as ugly as they are.

  1.  Use &$CODEPAGE to find out what codepage you're in.
  2.  Look up that codepage in the Font Tech Reference
  3.  Find the desired character's codepoint
  4.  Use .dv or .se to set a symbol

  To get an emdash:

       .dv emdash /&X'9A

  Note the above example assumes the codepage at definition time has the
  emdash at 9A. To ensure you get the correct symbol, include a font on your
  .DV See the .DV writeup in Lang Ref to learn how to do that.

Last updated: 93/08/04 14:01:15

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