1.8.3 How do I set up support for 7-bit ISO-646 representation? ({|}, [\])
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This article is from the Nordic countries FAQ, by Antti Lahelma and Johan Olofsson, with numerous contributions by others.
1.8.3 How do I set up support for 7-bit ISO-646 representation? ({|}, [\])
The ISO-646 sets are still supported via varoius fonts and translation
filters. Possible measures to set up support for them are:
* For the "terminal" program shipped with Windows 3.x, simply select
"Denmark/Norway", "Sweden" or "Finland" from the Translations item
in the "Terminal Preferences" dialogue box.
* For MS-Kermit, use the command "set term charcter-set language",
where "language" is one of "Finnish", "Swedish", or "Norwegian".
* For other DOS and Windows communication programs, visit its local
translation tables and insert appropriate translations for '[',
'\', ']', '{', '|', '}'.
* For Unix based news readers, either find a ISO-646 font, or pipe
your newsreader through one of the following commands (Provided
the font you use is ISO-8859-1):
Denmark/Norway: tr '\\]{|}' '\330\305\346\370\345'
Sweden/Finland: tr '\\]{|}' '\326\305\344\366\345'
For instance, in your .cshrc file, insert the following line:
alias rn "rn | tr '\\]{|}' '\330\305\346\370\345'"
The character '[' should not be translated, because it is used in ANSI
escape sequences.
Note that if you use this kind of translation, you will no longer see
any of the characters '\]{|}'; in most cases this outweighs the
benefits from seeing the national letters.
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