Date:	Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:14:50 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: TeX \S in Texinfo?
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> I want to generate a `section' symbol for Texinfo files that will
> generate the TeX \S character in printed form, and will display ASC 21
> (PC code page 437) in info.  The problem is getting the `section'
> symbol to show up in info; my current macro displays `*' in info mode
> only because I can't get Vim to accept/display the PC symbol.

Sorry, I don't follow: where exactly is the problem--in Vim or in the
stand-alone Info reader that comes with the Texinfo distribution?

AFAIK, the stand-alone Info reader is 8-bit clean (at least as of
version 4.0), so you should have no problems displaying any character
your codepage supports.  But I didn't try that.

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