On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote: > There are, by definition, no ASCII characters with code points higher than > 127.
The original (1960s) ASCII character set was 7-bit only. 8-bit variants of ASCII which preserved the 0-127 range and added graphics or printable characters from 128-255 are called "extended ASCII" and started in the 80s with such things as IBM code page 437: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#8-bit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_ASCII > I think Meta- is an EMACS thing. Emacs is more convenient to use if a keyboard has a Meta key which sets the high bit. "M-x" is how Meta + x is documented per Emacs conventions, but Esc + x is an alternative for keyboards which do not provide a Meta key. Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
