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'. -- Chuck -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
