Lisa,
When i understand correctly IBM code page 850 has replaced dotless i with
the Euro sign. But what is the difference then between code page 850 and
the new code page 858?
Do you have a reference to possible ibm web pages containing code page
info related to the Euro?
Thanks,
Bob Verbrugge
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> From: Lisa Moore <lisam@us.ibm.com>
> To: Unicode List <unicode@unicode.org>
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: Euro sign now added to CP850 and CP857
>
> Hold on to your hats (or something!), IBM has indeed changed code page 850.
> But we have also created a new code page which is 858 (850 with the dotless i,
> 0xD5, replaced by euro). The OS/2 platform wants to stick to using 850, but
> some of our middleware products want to have the new code page to help maintain
> data integrity. 857 is still 857 because adding the euro did not replace an
> existing character.
>
> It's a brave new world,
>
> Lisa
>
>
> fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu on 08-14-98 07:11:56 AM
> Please respond to unicode@unicode.org
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> Subject: Re: Euro sign now added to CP850 and CP857
>
>
> > According to
> >
> > http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/euro.html
> >
> > IBM has changed code pages 850 and 857 to include the euro sign.
> >
> > Therefore I suggest to update in the mapping files
> >
> > ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP850.TXT
> > ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP857.TXT
> >
> > the lines
> >
> > 0xd5 0x0131 #LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I
> > 0xd5 #UNDEFINED
> >
> > which should both be replaced by
> >
> > 0xd5 0x20AC #EURO SIGN
> >
> > and the equivalent change should be made in CP857.TXT.
> >
> Not necessarily. I believe what it means to say (but doesn't) about CP850
> is that a new code page, CP858, was created by copying CP850 and replacing
> dotless i with the Euro symbol. I don't think IBM has ever changed, or will
> ever change, the definition of a code page.
>
> Similarly for CP857, but I don't know the CP number of its Euro twin.
>
> CP923 is identical to ISO 8859-15. CP924 has the same repertoire as CP923
> but with EBCDIC encoding. Other EBCDIC code page replacements include:
>
> Current New Code Countries
> 37 1140 9F USA, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, NZ
> 273 1141 9F Austria, Germany
> 277 1142 5A Denmark, Norway
> 278 1143 5A Finland, Sweden
> 280 1144 9F Italy
> 284 1145 9F Spain, Latin America (Spanish)
> 285 1146 9F UK
> 297 1147 9F France
> 500 1148 9F Belgium, Canada, Switzerland
> 871 1149 9F Iceland
>
> ("Code" is the hex code point of the Euro symbol).
>
> This according to documentation shipped by IBM with OS/2 Fix Paks. I'm
> sure the info can also be found somewhere in the maze of IBM web pages.
>
> - Frank
>
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