LL-L "Technica" 2004.09.24 (09) [E]

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From: Mike <botas at club-internet.fr>
Subject: LL-L "Administrativia" 2004.09.22 (04) [E]

Moin moin,
Ron , you wrote:

(1) We send the postings in Unicode (UTF-8) format.  You need to switch your
view mode to it if you want to see all “special” characters.

Ron, maybe you could explain once more to me (us?) eternal greenhorn(s) how
this is done.

Thanks! Mike Wintzer

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Technica

Moin, Mike, Lowlanders!

23.DEC.2000 (06):

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From: Andy.Eagle at t-online.de
Subject: "Online resources"

I've updated the pages at www.scots-online.org which display IPA
symbols to use Unicode. I find it easier and better than using gifs. (The
Dialect descriptions in 'Wir Ain Leid' and the Pronunciation Guide in the
'Online Dictionary' etc.)
Auld lang Syne in a modified spelling can also be found in the Reader.
I've also added a PDF document 'A Phonological Comparison of the Scots
Dialects' under 'Airticles' (Includes IPA Symbols)

If anyone has trouble accessing Unicode correctly try the following:

Unicode should work with relatively recent browsers and Windows 95+

NETSCAPE:

On the menubar, choose View > Characterset > Unicode (UTF-8)

If that doesn't achieve the desired result try:

On the menubar, choose Edit > Preferences... > Appearance > Fonts, For
the Encoding: Unicode / Variable width font: Lucida Sans Unicode.

MS EXPLORER:

On the menubar, choose View > Encoding > More > Unicode (UTF-8)

If that doesn't achieve the desired result try:

On the menubar, choose Tools > Internet Options..
then choose General (at the bottom of the window) > Fonts... > Web Page
Font: Lucida Sans Unicode.

Hae a cantie Yuil and a Guid New Year

Andy Eagle



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25.SEP.2003 (10):

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Administrativia

Dear Lowlanders,

Every now and then subscribers ask me what they can do to have their email
program display non-English symbols correctly.  Below please find what I
wrote to one subscriber today:

<quote>

[...] if you find "vital gobbledigook," go to the "View" menu, and
find "Encoding."  There should be a choice called "Unicode UTF-8" or just
"UTF-8".  Choose it, and the message will be displayed correctly, because
we use this encoding mode (which is the road all international stuff is
going to go).

In case you don't have "UTF-8", tell your browser to load it.  Find
something like "Internet Options" under "Tool" (or "Options" under "Edit",
depending on the browser program you use).  Look for "Fonts" or
equivalent, and make your choices.  For "Latin-based" proportionally
spaced font you might want to choose Arial, best Arial Unicode, if you
have it (since it contains most symbols), and for "text"/"quote"/"same
width" font Courier.

I hope this doesn't overwhelm you and my instructions work.

</quote>



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27.MAR.2004 (01):

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Technica

Moyen, Roger!

Others may turn out to be more helpful than I can be.  For now let me
mention that much depends on your email program.  Somewhere (usually under
"View" or "Format" and equivalents) there ought to be a menu item "Encoding"
(and equivalents).  If Unicode UTF-8 is not specified there, you ought to be
able to load it as one of the available encoding modes.  (You might find
this under "Tools" and "Options" (and equivalents).

You ought to consult your help program and look for information under
"encoding."

Your program might ask you what font to load when you go into Unicode UTF-8
mode. The best font for it at the moment is Arial Unicode.  It has the
largest number of characters, including extended Roman (yes, including Old
English and Old Saxon symbols), International Phonetic Alphabet, extended
Cyrillic, extended Greek, extended Hebrew, extended Arabic, Armenian,
Georgian, the major Indic scripts, Thai, Lao, Tibetan, Korean, Chinese,
Japanese and numerous scientific characters.  It used to be available free
of charge, but now it is a part of Microsoft software packages. (I was lucky
enough to have gotten it before commercialization.)   The latest version of
(single-spaced) Courier New is one of the so-so substitutes.

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Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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