Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-27 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Fraser Gordon wrote: > To get a > section sign on Mac, you'll need to use numToChar(0xA4). > This leads to the next question . . . if I use that character, will a pdf created by livecode be safely readable cross-platform, or am I going to have to use htmlText to

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-27 Thread Fraser Gordon
On 26/09/2014 21:32, Richmond wrote: > On 26/09/14 23:20, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond >> wrote: >> >>> Put numToChar(167) >>> >> I just tried that on a mac. I think what it gave me was a german esset, >> the double s that looks like a beta . . . >> >> > > That

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > It¹s numToChar(164) on a Mac and numToChar(167) on Windows. > Ahh, the infamous window's curly-apostrophe . . . in grad school I had an ISN line (no, not IDSN; 9600 baud ISN). That apostrophe is a ^S with bit 7 high. It would hang my line un

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Terry Judd
It¹s numToChar(164) on a Mac and numToChar(167) on Windows. Terry... On 27/09/2014 6:32 am, "Richmond" wrote: >On 26/09/14 23:20, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond >> wrote: >> >>> Put numToChar(167) >>> >> I just tried that on a mac. I think what it gave me was

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Richmond wrote: > That makes no sense at all as the Unicode char 'siglum' § is U+00A7 > Decimal 167 > > While the 'esset' ß is U+00DF Decimal 223 > I'm a bankruptcy lawyer. I stop expecting things to make sense every day before I start work. :) Anyway, those b

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > set the htmltext of fld 1 to "§” So I would put "It's in § 506(a)" into the field, and then when in the period loop through the stack in deveopments, set the htlmlText of fld i to the test of fld i ? That could work, with minimal effor

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Devin Asay
On Sep 26, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond > wrote: > >> >> Put numToChar(167) >> > > I just tried that on a mac. I think what it gave me was a german esset, > the double s that looks like a beta . . . > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, E

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Richmond
On 26/09/14 23:20, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond wrote: Put numToChar(167) I just tried that on a mac. I think what it gave me was a german esset, the double s that looks like a beta . . . That makes no sense at all as the Unicode char 'siglum' § is U+00A

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond wrote: > > Put numToChar(167) > I just tried that on a mac. I think what it gave me was a german esset, the double s that looks like a beta . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-live

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Richmond
On 26/09/14 21:15, Dr. Hawkins wrote: I'm not ready to deal with general utf conversion yet. About the only thing I need is the section symbol, § (on mac). With 5.5, is there a way to type this in that will render as a section symbol on both mac & pc You can do this: Put numToChar(167) Ric