Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Help! There's a slash '/' in my filename. Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 20:30:16 GMT References: <19025@rpp386.cactus.org> <1991Feb20.115554.3465@eik.ii.uib.no> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Distribution: comp Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: s090@brems.ii.uib.no's message of Wed, 20 Feb 91 11:55:54 GMT In article <1991Feb20.115554.3465@eik.ii.uib.no>, Kjartan writes: In article , Barry Shein writes: |> |> Doesn't norwegian use o-slash and all that? |> -- Usually not in file names, but norwegian keyboards have 3 'extra' characters, so if any of you see { , | , or } in a word it corresponds to what must be written ae , oe and aa on 'ordinary' keyboards. This, unfortunately, is dead wrong, bogus and doubly misleading. Norwegian keyboards do _not_ have 3 _extra_ characters, and [\]{|} are used in the national variant of ISO 646 for upper and lower case AE ligature, O with slash, an A with ring above. We do have a quite peculiar keyboard layout in this country, but not "extra" keys as opposed to any kind of "ordinary" keyboard (whatever that is). The two-letter transcribations of our national characters is almost entirely a Norwegian 7-bit idiosynchracy with respect to terminals with standard ASCII brackets, braces, backslash and vertical bar. I would urge readers of comp.unix.wizards to ignore the article I reply to. It does not refer to Norwegian practice nor does its author show any particular concern for accuracy with respect to the status of national or international standards, which are in fact observed. -- [Erik Naggum] Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway