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From: hokey@plus5.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.std.mumps
Subject: $Characterset
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 13:49:56 EDT
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The point about $characterset is as much about graphics as it is about
collating.  I understand that an x3.4-1968 graphics device can properly
do underlining if it is also an x3.64 device, but it that is a function
of its x3.64 abilities, not its x3.4-1968 status.

Additionally, I am *not* trying to move Mumps away from ASCII.  I am simply
trying to permit Mumps to be "backward compatible" in a standard fashion,
and, similarly, permit applications to be written in a manner which befits
the local environment.

Hokey


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