Well, the underlying problem is one with fonts or font rendering. PSPP inserts a special character to prevent word-wrapping after decimal points in some cases. This character should be invisible. On some machines, for unknown reasons, it instead renders as a box. I haven't heard recent reports of this, so I've assumed that it was fixed by newer font rendering libraries.
There's a little more information about the problem that this character solves in the commit that introduced it: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/commit/src/output?id=03e0b6914b3c725fe57ba27c7a49a4549c0ff1e8 On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 11:21 AM Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> wrote: > Thank you and I have notified our admin and they plan on upgrading this > evening. > > > > Although I am wondering what would be the issue, just in case the upgrade > does not solve it and if it has something to do with my computer? > > > > > > *From:* Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, September 15, 2023 9:17 AM > *To:* Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> > *Cc:* PSPp-users@gnu.org > *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: change to ascii > > > > Thanks. > > > > PSPP 1.4.1 is very old. This problem is likely fixed in the newest > releases. > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 9:14 AM Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> wrote: > > I typed in that command and it showed error, but I checked the “About” and > it showed *“GNU pspp 1.4.1-g79ad47”* > > > > Someone suggested these below, but I am not really familiar with the > function syntax. The syntax was taken from the GNU instruction Plain Text > Output Options (PSPP) (gnu.org) > <https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/Plain-Text-Output-Options.html> > . > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, September 15, 2023 8:59 AM > *To:* Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> > *Cc:* PSPp-users@gnu.org > *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: change to ascii > > > > What version and OS is this? What does "SHOW SYSTEM." report? > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 8:55 AM Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> wrote: > > Thank you for your response. I am trying to get rid of these > characters—box with circles. > > I tried UTF-8 and ASCII, but I am accessing the software remotely due to > security reasons for our hospital and the application is stored in an > external server. > > > > > > > > *From:* Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, September 15, 2023 8:45 AM > *To:* Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> > *Cc:* PSPp-users@gnu.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: change to ascii > > > > Can you say more about the issue? Are you responding to some message from > PSPP? Can you provide the message? > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 8:43 AM Robles, John <john.rob...@va.gov> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was informed that I need to change my output to ASCII for normal > characters. > > I tried many ways in the command line, but I was not successful > > > Can someone help me? > >
