Re: Typing non-keyboard characters

Mick Powers (ABMP%CATCC.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU)
Tue, 30 Apr 1996 18:49:24 EDT

I just printed the numeric components of the character codes, the
product of ORD (x), and then have created a conversion function that
is activated when a '\' is found in in the input stream. Then whatever
character that comes next is examined and dealt with. For example,
'\u' puts ue (umlauted u) in the character's memory location, or the
output stream.

Perhaps my inexperience is showing by such a brute force method. On
the other hand I rather dislike control and other mutlikey characters
(which is what I principly hate about C). I can type three or four
characters in a row faster than I can type in a single multikey
character.

Mick Powers
abmp@catmus.cat.cc.md.us