8 Feb
2007
8 Feb
'07
8:52 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Lately, I've been plowing through a bunch of
EBCDIC-encoded WP
documents. I don't have a problem finding EBCDIC charts with
mnemonics, but I'd like some more detail on control character
operation. For example, what's the difference between IT PT and HT?
What sequence does CSP introduce and what are its variations?
I've done some web searching but can't come up with anything
definitive. Any pointers would be welcome.
If these are Word Processing documents, those codes are
probably special formatting codes, and not actually used
as defined in any chart. They would have been defined by
the specific Word Processing program used.
Many WP file formats use these "out-of-band" control
characters that did not have any printable form for this
purpose. WordPerfect, WordStar, DecWord, etc. all do this.