dan@ttds.UUCP (Dan Sahlin) (01/23/86)
Here's a part of ISO Draft standard: 8-bit single byte coded graphoc character sets - Part 1 : Latin alphabet No. 1 I quote from the document: 2. FIELD OF APPLICATION This set of graphic characters, the Latin Alphabet No. 1, is intended for use in text and data processing applications and may also be used for information interchange. This set contains graphic characters used in at least the following countries: Argentina Finland Panama Australia France Paraguay Austria Germany Peru Belgium Guatemala Portugal Belize Guyana El Salvador Bolivia Honduras Spain Brazil Iceland Surinam Canada Ireland Sweden Chile Italy Switzerland Colombia Liechtenstein The Netherlands Costa Rica Luxemburg United Kingdom Cuba Mexico United States Denmark New Zealand Uruguay Ecuador Nicaragua Venezuela Faroe Islands Norway END Quote The byte value is in the document represented by a notation xx/yy, where xx is the upper nibble (four bits), and yy is the lower nibble (in decimal!). The lower part of the table, i.e. positions 02/00 to 07/14 is exactly the same as ASCII. The upper part of the table contains the characters we can't live without in large parts of the world. Since I do not know how to send pictures in a standardised way (is macpaint documents OK?), I here include a table from ISO No.1: 10/00 NO-BREAK SPACE 10/01 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK 10/02 CENT SIGN 10/03 POUND SIGN 10/04 CURRENCY SIGN 10/05 YEN SIGN 10/06 BROKEN BAR 10/07 PARAGRAPH SIGN, SECTION SIGN 10/08 DIAERESIS 10/09 COPYRIGHT SIGN 10/10 FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR 10/11 LEFT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK 10/12 NOT SIGN 10/13 SOFT HYPHEN 10/14 REGISTERED TRADE MARK SIGN 10/15 MACRON 11/00 DEGREE SIGN 11/01 PLUS-MINUS SIGN 11/02 SUPERSCRIPT TWO 11/03 SUPERSCRIPT THREE 11/04 ACUTE ACCENT 11/05 SMALL GREEK LETTER MU, MICRO SIGN 11/06 PILCROW SIGN 11/07 MIDDLE DOT 11/08 CEDILLA 11/09 SUPERSCRIPT ONE 11/10 MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR 11/11 RIGHT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK 11/12 VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER 11/13 VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF 11/14 VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS 11/15 INVERTED QUESTION MARK 12/00 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE ACCENT 12/01 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE ACCENT 12/02 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 12/03 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE 12/04 CAPITAL LETTER A DIAERESIS 12/05 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE 12/06 CAPITAL DIPHTHONG A WITH E 12/07 CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA 12/08 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE ACCENT 12/09 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE ACCENT 12/10 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 12/11 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS 12/12 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE ACCENT 12/13 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE ACCENT 12/14 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 12/15 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS 13/00 CAPITAL ICELANDIC LETTER ETH 13/01 CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE 13/02 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE ACCENT 13/03 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE ACCENT 13/04 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 13/05 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE 13/06 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS 13/07 (This position shall not be used) 13/08 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OBLIQUE STROKE 13/09 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE ACCENT 13/10 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE ACCENT 13/11 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 13/12 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS 13/13 CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE ACCENT 13/14 CAPITAL ICELANDIC LETTER THORN 13/15 SMALL GERMAN LETTER SHARP s 14/00 SMALL LETTER a WITH GRAVE ACCENT 14/01 SMALL LETTER a WITH ACUTE ACCENT 14/02 SMALL LETTER a WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 14/03 SMALL LETTER a WITH TILDE 14/04 SMALL LETTER a WITH DIAERESIS 14/05 SMALL LETTER a WITH RING ABOVE 14/06 SMALL DIPHTHONG a WITH e 14/07 SMALL LETTER c WITH CEDILLA 14/08 SMALL LETTER e WITH GRAVE ACCENT 14/09 SMALL LETTER e WITH ACUTE ACCENT 14/10 SMALL LETTER e WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 14/11 SMALL LETTER e WITH DIAERESIS 14/12 SMALL LETTER i WITH GRAVE ACCENT 14/13 SMALL LETTER i WITH ACUTE ACCENT 14/14 SMALL LETTER i WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 14/15 SMALL LETTER i WITH DIAERESIS 15/00 SMALL ICELANDIC LETTER ETH 15/01 SMALL LETTER n WITH TILDE 15/02 SMALL LETTER o WITH GRAVE ACCENT 15/03 SMALL LETTER o WITH ACUTE ACCENT 15/04 SMALL LETTER o WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 15/05 SMALL LETTER o WITH TILDE 15/06 SMALL LETTER o WITH DIAERESIS 15/07 (This position shall not be used) 15/08 SMALL LETTER o WITH OBLIQUE STROKE 15/09 SMALL LETTER u WITH GRAVE ACCENT 15/10 SMALL LETTER u WITH ACUTE ACCENT 15/11 SMALL LETTER u WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 15/12 SMALL LETTER u WITH DIAERESIS 15/13 SMALL LETTER y WITH ACUTE ACCENT 15/14 SMALL ICELANDIC LETTER THORN 15/15 SMALL LETTER y WITH DIAERESIS End of table So, go ahead and start implementing the standard on Unix. I desperately need it! -- Dan Sahlin ..!mcvax!enea!ttds!dan