From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 8 04:52:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509C81065670 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 136448FC12 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n884pKBQ087695 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:51:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:52:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:52:05 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090908045202.GA16556@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: how to get rid of a character, 0x80? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:52:10 -0000 anybody know why getchar() doesn't see 0x80 == 0200? if getchar() is limited to 7-bit characters, what then? % od -c file shows me that every character fits into 8 bits, so getwchar() is the next thing. but doesn't getwchar grab wide-chars only: 16 bits? tia, guys, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 5.67a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php