Stanford/ITS character set
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Language(s) | English |
---|---|
Created by | MIT[1] |
Definitions | RFC 734 |
Classification | Extended ASCII |
Extends | US-ASCII |
Based on | SEASCII[2] |
Stanford/ITS character set is an extended ASCII character set based on SEASCII with modifications allowing compatibility with 1968 ASCII.[2]
Usage
It is used as an alternate character set of the SUPDUP protocol for terminals with %TOSAI
and %TOFCI
bits set.[2] It is also recommended for TeX implementations on systems with large character sets.[1] The default plain TeX macro package sets values B16 (↑
) and 116 (↓
) as alternative character codes for superscripts and subscripts, respectively (the default being ^
and _
).[3]
The Knight keyboard is an example of a keyboard capable of inputting all of the defined characters excluding ⋅γδ±⊕◊∫
, as they are mapped to ASCII commands NUL
, HT
, LF
, FF
, CR
, ESC
and DEL
, respectively.
Coverage
Each character is encoded as a single seven-bit code value. It contains all 95 printable ASCII characters along with 27 mathematical symbols and 6 Greek letters.
Code page layout
Letter Number Punctuation Symbol Other Undefined
See also
References
- ^ a b Knuth, Donald (1986). "Appendix C: Character Codes". The TeXbook (PDF). Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. p. 369. ISBN 0201134470.
- ^ a b c Crispin, Mark (October 1977). "Stanford/ITS character set". SUPDUP Protocol. IETF. p. 12. doi:10.17487/RFC0734. RFC 734. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Knuth, Donald (1986). "Appendix B: Basic Control Sequences". The TeXbook (PDF). Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. p. 343. ISBN 0201134470.