[Info-vax] terminal fallback tables

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei skrev den 2015-03-08 06:06:
> On 15-03-07 18:08, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
>> JF, why did you cut away the rest of the sentence above after the comma?
>> You either didn't read it or you didn't understand it:
>
> Because the original poster posted as one very long line.

And what on earth has *that* to do with anything?
You are joking, right?

And if you do not even *want* to read the question (and even
less understand it), then why even try to reply at all?

He wrote:

 >>> Sometimes it make sense to leave files intact, and to process file
 >>> data as they are, then just convert charset on the user interface.

He want to use the files *as-is*, as stored by whatever tool (Windows
Notepad was mentioned) creates them. Then have character set
conversion done at terminal I/O, just as TFF does.

The question was how to create your own TFF conversion tables.

> And what I was responding to was the fact that he mentioned converting
> FILES.
>

Again, he did not! See above.


>>
>>> ...and to process file data as they are, then just convert charset on
>>> the user interface...
>>
>> Isn't that what TFF does?
>
>
> TFF does not act on files.

Of course not! Who have said anything else?

> It acts to convert data being received/sent
> on serial ports. Hence the name "TERMINAL Fallback Facility".
>

Which was exactly what was asked for! To leave the files as-is
and convert on terminal in/output.

Jan-Erik.