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On 4/14/2010 11:45 AM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Kenneth wrote:
>> Maybe it shouldn't attempt to display code points 128..255
>> since they aren't really ascii.
> 
> You're probably right.  Originally, ascii didn't display those code
> points; I added it back when a big concern was getting the "correct"
> fonts for rxvt-windows and cmd.exe so that line graphics (pstree -G,
> etc) would display properly.  It was a quick way to tell that "yes,
> those line art characters are present at the appropriate char values".

Andy Koppe wrote:
> I still find it useful for much the same reason, when testing the
> plethora of supported charsets. How about disabling the extended code
> points by default and having an option for enabling them?

Done, for 1.4.6: I added a new option '--extended'.

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Chuck



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