[softwarelist] Re: Smart quotes feature
- From: Martin Vethake <martinv@xxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:09:53 +0100
In message <R95u2QE7v8qLFwme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <50fdafd0f0briancarroll@xxxxxxx>, Brian Carroll
> <briancarroll@xxxxxxx> writes
> >In article <8qnVTrDC86qLFwiV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling
> ><flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> In message <c6479ffd50.martinv@xxxxxx>, Martin Vethake
> >> <martinv@xxxxxx> writes
> >> > Is it possible to change the glyphs used for the 'Smart
> >> >quotes' feature? Since in Germany we use instead of (??) (??)
> >It's interesting that the representation of Martin's glyphs have
> >been changed by your quoting of them. Does this make it
> >pointless to use beyond-ASCII glyphs in emails?
>
> In my reply as received by me the glyphs look the same as they do in the
> original, however they've changed in your copy.
>
> I'd imagine that modern mail programs can go beyond 127 codes.
>
>
They do, but there is no guarantee beyond 7-bit. Writing on an Acorn
I use iso-8859-1. When David reads that on a PC he uses Win-1252
which gives these 'funnies'. What puzzles me is the questionmark,
maybe the software uses that when it doesn't know what to display?
Regards
--
Martin Vethake
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