On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:25:58 -0500
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>Subject: Re: lynx-dev dev.15 patch 1
>
>>* Changed EXP_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT logic so that input characters that are
>>  unrepresentable in the current display character set (unless it is UTF-8)
>>  get transformed into '?' instead of some accidentally chosen 8-bit
>>  character.
>
>"some accidentally chosen 8-bit character" is a much better choice than "?".
>At least different chars are shown with different glyphs.  And you will not
>mixup these unrecognized chars with a "true" "?".

Won't they all show up as a 'block'?  Or maybe my mindset is too
Apple-specific.  I think you're talking about characters not in the current
font...

Or are you talking about like how "smart quotes" get transformed into R and S
on Usenet?  (Because the high bit goes away..)

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