bobc@killer.UUCP (Bob Calbridge) (06/27/88)
I'm writing a conversion program that is designed to convert WordStar files to the format used by Ceowrite. What I need to know is what is the intent of the high bit being set on about half the characters? Do they represent the start or finish of some function? So far I've figured that a linefeed represents a soft carriage return and a cr/lf is a hard carriage return. I also know what the codes are for underline and bold. I cannot, however, figure any other function that the high bits would serve. Parity is out since the high bit is not consistant on the same character. There is also a character that appears following many words that also doesn't make sense. It's an 'a' with an accent mark over it. Same question!! Any advice is appreciated, by me and by the school. Best, Bob