[thelist] Mailto Question REDUX

[Michael Pemberton]

I apologise for my hasty ( and misguided / incorrect ) response.  I have to
admit that the last time that I had to work with ascii codes was back when I was
using Logo (remember the crappy "turtle"?).

Rory.Plaire at wahchang.com wrote:

> |  i believe it should be %13
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Your right, it is character 13. But, since computers have their own, but
> just as valid and honorable, way of talking to each other as we humans, they
> write it as %0D. Just as the space, character 32, is written as %20.
>
> <grin>
> I don't want to put anyone off with the satire of respect of diversity
> above. I was at a library vision focus group last night, and began to
> perceive again that sometimes we get _way_ too politically correct. One of
> the refreshing things about this list -- people aren't.
> </grin>
>
> <tip type="nitty gritty ASCII">
> Sometimes, when dealing with the lower level of computer architecture, we
> have to put up with arcane and exotic representations of our own creativity.
> ASCII is one of them. But, depending on whether you are coding in a high
> level representation of information, like HTML, which uses decimal, or a low
> level representation, like a file system, which uses hex, you will represent
> your data (or your links) differently.
>
> For a good, basic, nearly universally applicable translation, you can go to
> the value of the character and switch among hex, decimal, and binary. You
> just have to make sure you are dealing with the right encoding (generally
> ASCII or UNICODE). There are some online tables:
>
> ASCII: http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/www/comp/docs/ascii.html
> Windows Unicode (NT/2000):
> http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP936.TXT
> Unicode in general:
> http://www.unicode.org/
>
> </tip>
>
> <rory disposition="considerately" alt="8)"/>
>
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