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From: kbreinho%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Keith Breinholt)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C/370 is case insensitive, and just generally rots!
Summary: Use the right terminal for writing C/370.
Keywords: C/370, VM/CMS
Message-ID: <1989Dec18.140307.4257@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 89 21:03:07 GMT
References: <71894@psuecl.bitnet> <1989Dec13.173114.10295@ultra.com> <1989Dec15.095803.416@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Sender: Keith L. Breinholt, usiklb.vm.usi.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <1989Dec15.095803.416@gdt.bath.ac.uk> exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:

>Under VM/CMS it is also pretty nearly impossible to use any of the 'special'
>characters {}[]|, and conversion to trigraphs is pretty much required.
>(Problem is that while both XEDIT and C/370 have extended EBCDIC codes
>for these characters, they use different ones.)

The key in this scenario is to use a terminal or terminal emulator that sends
the right characters (i.e. 3270 emulation).  Once the right characters are sent
there is no problem with {}[]| and other 'special' characters.

Keith L. Breinholt
usiklb@vm.usi.utah.edu or
kbreinho@wildflower.utah.edu