Von: zuli@sprintmail.com (Nelson R. Sulouff)
  Datum: 10.06.98, 15:32:24
Betreff: Re: Typing German Characters

pccgs wrote:
>
> Maybe somebody can tell me the proper keystroke combination using the
> <Alt>key and number pad keys to type the character that stands for the "ss"
> consonant that looks similar to the greek letter, beta.
> I do know the combos for all the umlaut letters. For those of you who don't
> have a german keyboard or already know these keystroke combos here they are:
> alt 0228 = ä            alt 0246 = ö            alt 0252 = ü
>   alt 142 = Ä            alt 0214 = Ö           alt 0220 = Ü
>
> Pete
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Pete,

The keystrokes for the sharp German "S" on my setup are are alt + 225,
thus, ß

However, E-mail users should be advised that some readers may receive
the letters produced by holding down the "alt" key as unintelligible
characters. I quote here an instruction I received last month from the
knowledgeable owner of another ListServ after I posted a number of alt+
combinations for German characters to his List:

Quote:
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This will look very nice on your computer - but requires 8-bit
transmission to arrive correctly at the readers end. If there is a 7-bit
bottle neck on the way (and the chances are quite high for this) only 7
bit will arrive - resulting in rather unusual character combinations
which are rather awesome to read. Just an example I received today :
        Begr=FC=DFen

I would therefore recommend to use
        ae for a-umlaut
        oe for o-umlaut
        ue for u-umlaut
        ss for the "sharp" s
whenever the spelling is not of importance. Whenever the spelling is of
importance, especially with names (both spellings might exist and apply
to quite different families !), use
        "a for a-umlaut,
        "o for o-umlaut, ....
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If one is assured that all the receiving setups are able to interpret
the signals correctly, the alt+ characters are clearly superior; but if
that is not the case then it is my understanding that one should show
consideration and avoid alt-key combinations in E-mail messages.

Nelson R. Sulouff