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Re: using octal codes for special characters [message #13842 is a reply to message #13837]

Thu, 17 December 1998 00:00

Lothar Schueller
Messages: 5
Registered: August 1996

Junior Member

David,

The "bracketlefttp" is an expression I found in a PostScript-Reference
book. It is the upper part of the "[" character, which can be combined
with its counterpart "bracketleftbt" to a larger bracket. I want to use
it for an axis label with a fractional expression. The octal code for
the bracketlefttp is 351.

Thanks

Lothar

David Fanning wrote:
>
> Lothar Schueller (lothar@amor.met.fu-berlin.de) writes:
>
>> I`d like to print large brackets in a PostScript file. I think the best
>> idea is to use the Symbol Font and the "bracketlefttp",
>> "bracketleftex",.... characters. How do I have access to them under IDL?
>> Is it possible to use the octal encoding?
>>
>> I dont know what to type on the keyboard. I use IDL 5.1 under SuSE Linux
>> 5.3
>
> I'd like to help you out here, Lother. I *love* octal programming
> and my very favorite newsgroup discussion of 1998 involved the
> octal coding of the angstrom symbol. :-)
>
> But I'm having some trouble discovering just what brackets you
> want to use here. Where did you come up with the name "bracketlefttp"?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
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