R-alpha: Latin-1 characters (3)

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "PD" =3D=3D Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk> writes:

    PD> Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:
    >> A.accents <- "=E0=E1=E2=E3=E4=E5=E6 =C0=C1=C2=C3=C4=C5=C6" # `a 'a ^=
a "a oa ae  `A 'A ^A "A oA AE
    >> EI.accents <- "=C8=C9=CA=CB=CC=CD=CE=CF =E8=E9=EA=EB=EC=ED=EE=EF"# =
=3D `E 'E ^E "E  `I 'I .....
    >> O.accents <- "=D2=D3=D4=D5=D6=D8=F2=F3=F4=F5=F6=F8"
    >> U.accents <- "=D9=DA=DB=DC=DD=F9=FA=FB=FC=FD"
    >> ## I did not include the two islandic
    >> Islandic <- "=D0=F0" # maybe we should
    >> 

    PD> Given R's habit of using symbol names in plots, anything occurring =
in
    PD> any Latin1-language should be there (I've seen too many manglings o=
f
    PD> the Danish language for 7-bit programs, that I'd pass the opportuni=
ty
    PD> to get it done right in R). The above lists misses n-tilde (=F1) an=
d
    PD> c-cedilla (=E7).
and '=DF'  (we don't use it in Switzerland; 
=09  it's ``just'' the Germans and Austrians .... :-)

 
    PD> I dont see anything harmful in including the whole
    PD> "upper ascii" part (characters 160-255, at least) as symbols.

are you serious,  including  160 =3D octal 240 ?
Would you want legal syntax such as

=09=B1=B4=B4 <- 1:3


Here is an excerpt of a file I wrote a few years ago:

All-L1> Note that \240 is VERY funny "invisible", 
All-L1> makes things reversevideo/invisible/!@#!  depending on Emacs versio=
n.
All-L1> For this reason, I  OMIT it in the following [Enter it with ^Q240]:
All-L1> 
All-L1> Dec Oct               Dec Oct 
All-L1>           =A1=A2=A3=A4=A5=A6=A7                =A8=A9=AA=AB=AC=AD=
=AE=AF
All-L1> 160 240: 01234567     168 250:   01234567
All-L1>                      
All-L1>          =B0=B1=B2=B3=B4=B5=B6=B7                =B8=B9=BA=BB=BC=BD=
=BE=BF
All-L1> 176 260: 01234567     184 270:   01234567
All-L1>                      
All-L1>          =C0=C1=C2=C3=C4=C5=C6=C7                =C8=C9=CA=CB=CC=CD=
=CE=CF
All-L1> 192 300: 01234567     200 310:   01234567
All-L1>                      
All-L1>          =D0=D1=D2=D3=D4=D5=D6=D7                =D8=D9=DA=DB=DC=DD=
=DE=DF
All-L1> 208 320: 01234567     216 330:   01234567
All-L1>                      
All-L1>          =E0=E1=E2=E3=E4=E5=E6=E7                =E8=E9=EA=EB=EC=ED=
=EE=EF
All-L1> 224 340: 01234567     232 350:   01234567
All-L1>                      
All-L1>          =F0=F1=F2=F3=F4=F5=F6=F7                =F8=F9=FA=FB=FC=FD=
=FE=FF
All-L1> 240 360: 01234567     248 370:   01234567


Given this table, I'd say  192-255 [dec] =3D 300-377 [okt],
maybe excluding   =D7 and =F7 ..



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    >> R & R, any comments?
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(when you get up to a new day.. find all these funny symbols in your
 mail box ..)

-- Martin

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