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Re: localising IDL programs [message #85201 is a reply to message #85200]

Fri, 12 July 2013 09:08

David Fanning
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AMS writes:

> Ok, I fiddled around some more this morning but still can't get it working.
>
> I also tried using string("341B) which should be the octal representation for á in that font according to IDL documentation, but again get Æ. I have experimented but can't find any simple map between the symbol that ASCII tables tell me I should get for a given value, and the symbol I actually get when writing to postscript.
>
> Any thoughts?

My only thought is that these values are almost *always* different in
PostScript. See, for example, the contortions I have to go through to
produce similar output on the display and in PostScript files in
cgSymbol:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/programs/cgsymbol.pro

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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		Re: localising IDL programs By: David Fanning on Thu, 09 December 2010 18:23
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 17:51
		Re: localising IDL programs By: David Fanning on Thu, 09 December 2010 17:39
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 17:33
		Re: localising IDL programs By: David Fanning on Thu, 09 December 2010 17:26
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 16:05
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 14:08
		Re: localising IDL programs By: penteado on Thu, 09 December 2010 13:44
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 13:23
		Re: localising IDL programs By: natha on Thu, 09 December 2010 13:14
		Re: localising IDL programs By: wallabadah on Sun, 12 December 2010 18:54
		Re: localising IDL programs By: Andy Sayer on Thu, 11 July 2013 10:47
		Re: localising IDL programs By: Andy Sayer on Fri, 12 July 2013 09:03
		Re: localising IDL programs By: David Fanning on Fri, 12 July 2013 09:08
		Re: localising IDL programs By: Andy Sayer on Fri, 12 July 2013 10:29
		Re: localising IDL programs By: David Fanning on Fri, 12 July 2013 10:36
		Re: localising IDL programs By: Andy Sayer on Fri, 12 July 2013 11:29

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