Thanks for the clarification Mark. Am I right in thinking no special action is necessary for Linux?
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Either use isoToMac(numToChar(182)) or numToChar(166). The isoToMac and > macToIso functions apply to all ASCII character above 128 and not only if > store on one platform and displayed on another. If you use the Latin-1 > character table on Mac, like you're doing now, you'll always need the > isoToMac function to convert the characters to MacRoman. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > We have time for new software development projects. Contact me for a quote. > > > > > > > On 17 aug 2013, at 03:43, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > I'm displaying data from a custom property in a scrolling list field. > > Before I put the data into the field, I replace return chars in it with > > numToChar(182) - the paragraph symbol. This works fine on Windows but > on a > > Mac I get a completely different character - an O with some sort of > accent > > over it. > > > > I'm aware of the ISOToMac/MacToISO functions but I thought those were > only > > for ascii chars > 128 that were stored on Windows then displayed on Mac > or > > vice versa. In this case, I'm just replacing the return character before > > loading it into the field, not changing it in the custom property. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode