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    From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sat May 11 12:13:10 2019
    Hi DM,

    Today while using SyncTerm connected to my BBS, I was writing a message and tried using one of the Windows Alt codes (using the numeric keypad) to type a character (that technique can be used to type letters with accent marks from other languages). However, SyncTerm seemed to ignore the fact that I was holding down the Alt key, and instead, the numbers I was typing got inputted. In Windows, you should be able to hold down the Alt key and type a number on the numeric keypad (with NumLock enabled) to type special characters: https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/windows/codealt/
    The number you type can be a 3-digit ASCII numeric value (the character you get would be the corresponding ASCII character), or a 4-digit value (which I think uses the Unicode values?).

    In most Windows applications, you can type special characters using Alt codes this way. It seems the Windows verison of SyncTerm doesn't allow this though.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Sat May 11 18:14:30 2019
    Re: SyncTerm Windows Alt-Numeric key codes
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat May 11 2019 12:13 pm

    Hi DM,

    Today while using SyncTerm connected to my BBS, I was writing a message and tried using one of the Windows Alt codes (using the numeric keypad) to type a character (that technique can be used to type letters with accent marks from other languages). However, SyncTerm seemed to ignore the fact that I was holding down the Alt key, and instead, the numbers I was typing got inputted. In Windows, you should be able to hold down the Alt key and type a number on the numeric keypad (with NumLock enabled) to type special characters: https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/windows/codealt/
    The number you type can be a 3-digit ASCII numeric value (the character you get would be the corresponding ASCII character), or a 4-digit value (which I think uses the Unicode values?).

    It works when running SyncTERM in Win32 console mode (-iw option): òñð²±­

    All typed using SyncTERM.

    digital man

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Sat May 11 22:10:01 2019
    Re: SyncTerm Windows Alt-Numeric key codes
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat May 11 2019 06:14 pm

    Today while using SyncTerm connected to my BBS, I was writing a
    message and tried using one of the Windows Alt codes (using the
    numeric keypad) to type a character (that technique can be used to
    type letters with accent marks from other languages). However,
    SyncTerm seemed to ignore the fact that I was holding down the Alt
    key, and instead, the numbers I was typing got inputted. In Windows,

    It works when running SyncTERM in Win32 console mode (-iw option): òñð²±­

    All typed using SyncTERM.

    What does that Win32 console mode option do (how does it differ from the default mode)?

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Sun May 12 15:07:31 2019
    Re: SyncTerm Windows Alt-Numeric key codes
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sat May 11 2019 10:10 pm

    Re: SyncTerm Windows Alt-Numeric key codes
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sat May 11 2019 06:14 pm

    Today while using SyncTerm connected to my BBS, I was writing a
    message and tried using one of the Windows Alt codes (using the
    numeric keypad) to type a character (that technique can be used to
    type letters with accent marks from other languages). However,
    SyncTerm seemed to ignore the fact that I was holding down the Alt
    key, and instead, the numbers I was typing got inputted. In Windows,

    It works when running SyncTERM in Win32 console mode (-iw option): òñð²±­

    All typed using SyncTERM.

    What does that Win32 console mode option do (how does it differ from the default mode)?

    It uses the Windows console API and not graphics mode (via SDL). So some features like custom fonts and arbitrary window scaling do not work in Windows (Win32) console mode. I think blink doesn't work either, unless you're full screen.

    digital man

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