Character mangling test
Character mangling test
- Subject: Character mangling test
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:04:09 EST
I am sending this email to see for myself exactly how certain characters get
mangled by the list server. Read or ignore, your choice.
Font is Geneva.
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[option-,] (less than or equals)
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[option-.] (greater than or equals)
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[option-/] (division symbol as taught in school)
w
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[option-shift-,] or [option-<] (a high hyphen - who knows the right name?)
/
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[option-shift-.] or [option->] (umlaut)
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[option-shift-/] or [option-?] (inverted question mark)
?
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[option-;] (ellipsis)
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[option-shift-;] or [option-:] (U with accent - who knows the real name?)
Z
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[option-'] (ae ligature)
f
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[option-"] (AE ligature)
F
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[option-return] (the line continuation character)
,
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[option-[] (left double smart or curly quotes)
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[option-shift-[] or [option-{] (right double smart or curly quotes)
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[option-]] (left single curly quote)
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[option-shift-]] or [option-}] (right curly quote or apostrophe)
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[option-\] (a left chevron)
+
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[option-shift-\] or [option-|] (a right chevron)
;
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[option-=] (a not equals symbol)
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[option-shift-=] or [option-+] (a plus minus symbol)
1
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Well, that does it for the right side of the QWERTY keyboard. Now lets do a
few favorites
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[option-2] (trademark symbol)
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[option-shift-2] or [option-@] (Euro symbol)
$
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[option-z] (omega)
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OK, that's enough for now. That you for your indulgence.
Jeff Baumann
email@hidden
www.linkedresources.com
10 Days, 9 Hours, 30 Minutes
How is it going to end?