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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Jason RumneyJason Rumney Date: Jan 11, 2008 08:28
On 11 Jan, 14:26, "Otto Maddox" wrote:
> When I type `C-u C-x =' on the character `ВЈ', ...
> Why is the code point #x23? Should it not be #xA3 in Latin Alphabet 1?
The clue is in the following:
> charset: latin-iso8859-1
> (Right-Hand Part of Latin Alphabet 1 (ISO/IEC 8859-1): ISO-IR-100.)
Note that the latin-iso8859-1 charset only includes the Right-Hand
part (0x80-0xff).
> Because when you click on the #x23, the character list you get shows
> the code point as being #xA3, which is confusing.
It is confusing, but the table displayed is listed as the *coded*
charset, so it has the +0x80 transformation applied.
> Also, what are the first three numbers in parenthesis on the
> `character:' line?
They are the code-point in the internal encoding (emacs-mule in the
current version) in decimal, octal and hexadecimal.
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