[Dixonary] OT: Euro currency symbol

[Dodi Schultz]

>> I think it's Alt+0128 (which I used) not tab+0128 and for people
>> with laptops it is probably Alt+Fn+0128.
>>
>> If Dodi is using TAPCIS, she may have to look up what it requires
>> for special characters.

Dodi is indeed using TAPCIS.

"Ç" is what Alt-0128 produces. What I used for the epsilon was Alt-238.

--Dodi

[Guerri Stevens]

I am sorry to say I can't remember how one located special characters in
the TAPCIS software. I have something called CHARMAPS.TAP, and thought
there was a way to scan through it for the character you wanted. I don't
know whether the Euro is there or not.

Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
> >> I think it's Alt+0128 (which I used) not tab+0128 and for people
> >> with laptops it is probably Alt+Fn+0128.
> >>
> >> If Dodi is using TAPCIS, she may have to look up what it requires
> >> for special characters.
>
> Dodi is indeed using TAPCIS.
>
> "Ç" is what Alt-0128 produces. What I used for the epsilon was Alt-238.

[Paul Keating]

In a DOS application, alt-0128 is the same as alt-128, which is indeed
capital-C-cedilla. It's only in Windows that the leading zero makes a
difference.

There is a very good reason why there isn't an easy way to get the euro
symbol in a DOS application. Nobody needed to write amounts in euros before
1999, and the last version of MS-DOS, 6.22, came out five years earlier.

It's not MS policy to provide updates for DOS, but it is apparently possible
to get free from IBM a modified codepage 850 that has the euro symbol in
place of the Turkish dotless i. It's a somewhat complex procedure and I
haven't tried it but it's described in admirable detail and with a minimum
of techspeak at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/eurodos.html.

Mostly I can't see why anyone would bother, though. People who can't find
the sterling symbol on their keyboards, and don't know how to type it,
content themselves with the ISO4217 code, as "GBP 5.99", and it's very
common to see "EUR 5m" etc in news stories.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodi Schultz" <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:26 PM



Dodi is indeed using TAPCIS.

"Ç" is what Alt-0128 produces. What I used for the epsilon was Alt-238.

--Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

I seem to remember that Pete Hall came up with a way of getting the
Euro symbol to display in TAPCIS. It was fairly complicated and
involved, IIRC, installing a new font. If anyone's interested, I've
probably got the thread on my old PC.

-- Tim L

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Guerri Stevens <guerri@...> wrote:
>
> I am sorry to say I can't remember how one located special
characters in
> the TAPCIS software. I have something called CHARMAPS.TAP, and
thought
> there was a way to scan through it for the character you wanted. I
don't
> know whether the Euro is there or not.
>
> Guerri
>
> Dodi Schultz wrote:
> > >> I think it's Alt+0128 (which I used) not tab+0128 and for
people
> > >> with laptops it is probably Alt+Fn+0128.
> > >>
> > >> If Dodi is using TAPCIS, she may have to look up what it
requires
> > >> for special characters.
> >
> > Dodi is indeed using TAPCIS.
> >
> > "Ç" is what Alt-0128 produces. What I used for the epsilon was
Alt-238.
>

[Tim Lodge]

Paul

That's exactly what I was thinking of. It _was_ pretty complex - I
remember doing it.

-- Tim L

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Paul Keating <pjakeating@...>
wrote:
>
> It's not MS policy to provide updates for DOS, but it is apparently
possible
> to get free from IBM a modified codepage 850 that has the euro
symbol in
> place of the Turkish dotless i. It's a somewhat complex procedure
and I
> haven't tried it but it's described in admirable detail and with a
minimum
> of techspeak at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/eurodos.html.
>
> The Hague
>

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Dodi,

"Ç" is what Alt-0128 produces. What I used for the epsilon was Alt-238.

I get Ç when using Alt-128, but not when using Alt-0128. The difference is
subtle, but important. As far as I know, Alt plus a one to three digit
combination (not starting with 0, and not exceeding 255) is parsed by DOS to
mean a character from the current code table; Alt plus a two to (I think)
six digit combination starting with 0 is parsed by Windows to mean a
character from the standardised ANSI code table of 65536 characters and
symbols.

With TAPCIS being an old DOSbox application, I can only presume that the
Windows functionality is bypassed.

Best, Hugo