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From: jonah@amos.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich)
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Subject: Re: Problem with GS Alt Char Set
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Date: 8 Aug 90 21:26:29 GMT
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In article <9008081659.AA26668@apple.com> V2071A@VM.TEMPLE.EDU ("George A. Piotrowski Jr") writes:
>On Mon, 06 Aug 90 19:18:57 -0900 you said:
>>but not all).  And install a Keycaps NDA, and use the options and such
>>TSEMM@Acad3.fai.alaska.edu

(On a side note--is there a KeyCaps NDA for the GS? I've gat a firend writing
one, but he thought his was the first....)

>Hi to all,
>
>One of the users of my computer center is trying to write a program in
>Applesoft BASIC and trying to use Spanish characters.  When I set the GS to
>Display Spanish, I can get some of the special Spanish chars, but she needs
>the letters a,e,i,o,u with the quote above them going up to the right.  Are
>they in the Spanish char set, and if so, where are they.  Are they in the
>Alt Char set.  I was checking that out a little, and I didn't see them
>anywhere.  I have thought about Apple Mechanic, but I am looking for an easy
>way out for her.
>
>
>Thanks again in advance,
>George A. Piotrowski, Coordinator     CREN/Bitnet: V2071A@TEMPLEVM

Well, according to my Apple IIgs Hardware Refrence, it can't be done. :( You
can gt the N with a ~ over it, the upside down ?, a lowercase n + ~, and 
a c with a dot under it (?!?) in the Spanish character set. In French, you
can get an a + `, the c + ., e's with both ` & ', and a u + `. In Italian,
you get all the characters of French, plus an o + ` and an i + `. That's
the closest you're going to get. The other character sets have letters with
two dots over them, but I don't remember using those in Spanish. You can
do some exploring, though. The English characters #,@,[,\,],`,{,|,},~ are the
ones replaced in ALL CHARACTER SETS. You might write a liittle BASIC program
that printed these characters, then go to the control panel and step through
the languages. Hope this has helped some!

Jonah Stich