Once Again "Updated Microsoft Codepages"

From: Lazaros.TOSSOUNIDIS@DI.cec.be
Date: Fri Mar 27 1998 - 10:07:28 EST


1st Message
> Hi,
>
> texin@bedford.progress.com said:
> > The Euro (U+20A0) has been added to only the following ten Windows
> > codepages (They are all single-byte): (Yes all at 0x80, except 1251
> > which is 0x88. It's not a typo.)
 
Response to 1st message by Mr Longman:
I would like to clarify that, as far as I know, the codepoint assigned
> to Euro should be U+20AC (in Unicode V2.1). The U+20A0 character is
> reserved to represent probably the ECU. It is not the Euro.
> Regards,
> Longman

 

Comment on the response below by Lazaros TOSSOUNIDIS

Yes sir! You are absolutely right ! The old ECU (European Currency Unit) conserves its
initial code point. The euro has a new one which corresponds to 20AC position indeed !

Regards
Lazaros TOSSOUNIDIS
European Commission

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