typing ascii chars above 127 with speakup

[Janina Sajka]

OK, this makes more sense now.

What you're seeing is actually not a surprise. There has not been any real 
standardization of the ASCII chars above 127. And, that other company has 
seen fit to pull away from what little standardization there has been 
because, because, ...

Well, because that's how you take over the universe, right?

 On Thu, 4 Oct 
2001, Thomas Stivers wrote:

> 
> 
> They work, but they are not what I normally get for example under the
> other os. For example alt-162 should give an o-acute, but instead I get a
> cents or pounds sign or something. I guess I will just play with it until
> I find the right combinations for what I want.
> 
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> 
> > Hi there those special characters still work. I've tried them.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Shaun
> >
> > I never made a mistake in my life.
> > I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
> >                 -- Lucy Van Pelt
> >
> > email: shauno at goanna.net.au
> > icq: 76958435
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Thomas Stivers wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all. I have some stuff I need to write in spanish and I need to type
> > > several accented chars but cannot figure out how to generate them with
> > > speakup running. Normally I would use alt and a three number code from the
> > > keypad for these chars. If anyone knows of a work arround for this besides
> > > me having to figure out how to write a new keymap I would appreciate it.
> > > Oh by the way the editors I can use for this are pico, nano, emacs, or
> > > joe. Thanks.
> > >
> > >
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