Character Entities

As discussed earlier, you can specify special characters (tag delimiters and non-ASCII) either by number or name (case-sensitive). For example, you can specify the ampersand character & as either & or as & (upto 5 decimal digits). Newt's Cape generally requires the ; (or a space) delimiter -- some browsers apparently do not. You can also use  4-digit hex notation for specific (unusual) unicode characters; for example, on Newton,  appears as  (Apple symbol in Espy font). If a character code -- in the "unused" areas, extended (8-bit) ASCII range or 16-bit unicode, e.g., Japanese -- is embedded directly in the file, you may need an Encoding plugin, e.g., ISO-8859-1, to translate and display this properly. If you find "square boxes" appearing where should be characters, let me know the URL and I will check it on the desktop and on the Newton; it's possible the Newton does not have that character in its font, or that an encoding needs to be used (or fixed).

HTML Characters (ISO-8859-1)

Following is a complete list of the HTML Coded Character Set based on the ISO-8859-1 standard (as we understand it; still checking). First is the character code (item number), followed by the character itself -- the character is specified either directly or by numeric code; ?? if unused. If the character has a symbolic name, it is specified symbolically, followed by its [name]. A character description may followed with "??" if there seems to be no Newton equivalent. Most interesting codes/names are 34, 38, 60, 62, 160-255.

We have included a few browser-specific/de facto standard characters: 134, 135, 136, 137, 140, 153, 156, 159. At the end, we have included a few supported HTML 4.0 characters for which there are Newton equivalents.

0. -8: unused
9. horizontal tab
10. line feed
11. -12: unused
13. carriage return or <BR>
14. -31: unused
32. space
33. ! exclamation mark
34. " " [quot] quotation mark
35. # number sign
36. $ dollar sign
37. % percent
38. & & [amp] ampersand
39. ' apostrophe
40. ( left parenthesis
41. ) right parenthesis
42. * asterisk
43. + plus sign
44. , comma
45. - hyphen
46. . period
47. / slash
48. -57: 0-9
58. : colon
59. ; semi-colon
60. < < [lt] less than
61. = equals
62. > > [gt] greater than
63. ? question mark
64. @ at sign
65. -90. A-Z
91. [ left square bracket
92. \ backslash
93. ] right square bracket
94. ^ caret
95. _ underscore
96. ` acute accent
97. -122. a-z
123. { left curly brace
124. | vertical bar
125. } right curly brace
126. ~ tilde
127.  ??
128. € ??
129.  ??
130. ‚ ‚ [sbquo]
131. ƒ ƒ [fnof]
132. „ „ [bdquo]
133. … … [hellip] horiz ellipsis
134. † † [dagger]
135. ‡ ‡ [Dagger] double dagger
136. ˆ ˆ [circumflex]
137. ‰ salinity
138. Š ??
139. ‹ ‹ [lsaquo]
140. ΠΠ[OElig] OE diphthong
141.  ??
142. Ž ??
143.  ??
144.  ??
145. ‘ ‘ [lsquot]
146. ’ ’ [rsquo]
147. “ “ [ldquo]
148. ” ” [rdquo]
149. • • [bull] bullet
150. – – [ndash]
151. — — [mdash]
152. ˜ minutes??
153. ™ ™ [trade] trademark
154. š ??
155. › › [rsaquo]
156. œ œ [oelig] oe diphthong
157.  ??
158. ž ??
159. Ÿ Ÿ [Yuml] Y umlaut ??
160.     [nbsp] no-break space??
161. ¡ ¡ [iexcl] inverted !
162. ¢ ¢ [cent] cent sign
163. £ £ [pound] pound sterling sign
164. ¤ ¤ [curren] general currency sign
165. ¥ ¥ [yen] yen sign
166. ¦ ¦ [brbvar] broken (vertical) bar??
167. § § [sect] section sign
168. ¨ ¨ [uml] spacing dieresis (umlaut)
169. © © [copy] copyright sign
170. ª ª [ordf] ordinal indicator, feminine
171. « « [laquo] angle quote mark, left
172. ¬ ¬ [not] not sign
173. ­ ­ [shy] soft hyphen??
174. ® ® [reg] circled R registered sign
175. ¯ ¯ [macr] spacing macron (hibar?)
176. ° ° [deg] degree sign
177. ± ± [plusmn] plus-or-minus sign
178. ² ² [sup2] superscript 2??
179. ³ ³ [sup3] superscript 3??
180. ´ ´ [acute] acute accent
181. µ µ [micro] micro sign
182. ¶ ¶ [para] pilcrow (paragraph sign)
183. · · [middot] middle dot
184. ¸ ¸ [cedil] spacing cedilla
185. ¹ ¹ [sup1] superscript 1??
186. º º [ordm] ordinal indicator, masculine
187. » » [raquo] angle quote mark, right
188. ¼ ¼ [frac14] fraction one-quarter??
189. ½ ½ [frac12] fraction one-half??
190. ¾ ¾ [frac34] fraction three-quarters??
191. ¿ ¿ [iquest] inverted question mark
192. À À [Agrave] A, grave accent
193. Á Á [Aacute] A, acute accent
194. Â Â [Acirc] A, circumflex accent
195. Ã Ã [Atilde] A, tilde
196. Ä Ä [Auml] A, dieresis (umlaut) mark
197. Å Å [Aring] A, ring
198. Æ Æ [AElig] AE, diphthong (ligature)
199. Ç Ç [Ccedil] C, cedilla
200. È È [Egrave] E, grave accent
201. É É [Eacute] E, acute
202. Ê Ê [Ecirc] E, circumflex
203. Ë Ë [Euml] E, umlaut
204. Ì Ì [Igrave] I, grave
205. Í Í [Iacute] , acute
206. Î Î [Icirc] I, circumflex
207. Ï Ï [Iuml] I, umlaut
208. Ð Ð [ETH] Eth, Icelandic??
209. Ñ Ñ [Ntilde] N, tilde
210. Ò Ò [Ograve] O, grave
211. Ó Ó [Oacute] O, acute
212. Ô Ô [Ocirc] O, circumflex
213. Õ Õ [Otilde] O, tilde
214. Ö Ö [Ouml] O, umlaut
215. × × [times] multiply sign??
216. Ø Ø [Oslash] O, slash
217. Ù Ù [Ugrave] U, grave
218. Ú Ú [Uacute] U, acute
219. Û Û [Ucirc] U, circumflex
220. Ü Ü [Uuml] U, umlaut
221. Ý Ý [Yacute] Y, acute??
222. Þ Þ [THORN] THORN, Icelandic??
223. ß ß [szlig] sharp s, German (sz ligature)
224. à à [agrave] a, grave
225. á á [aacute] a, acute
226. â â [acirc] a, circumflex
227. ã ã [atilde] a, tilde
228. ä ä [auml] a, umlaut
229. å å [aring] a ring
230. æ æ [aelig] ae, diphthong (ligature)
231. ç ç [ccedil] c, cedilla
232. è è [egrave] e, grave
233. é é [eacute] e, acute
234. ê ê [ecirc] e, circumflex
235. ë ë [euml] e, umlaut
236. ì ì [igrave] i, grave
237. í í [iacute] i, acute
238. î î [icirc] i, circumflex
239. ï ï [iuml] i, umlaut
240. ð ð [eth] eth, Icelandic??
241. ñ ñ [ntilde] n, tilde
242. ò ò [ograve] o, grave
243. ó ó [oacute] o, acute
244. ô ô [ocirc] o, circumflex
245. õ õ [otilde] o, tilde
246. ö ö [ouml] o, umlaut
247. ÷ ÷ [divide] divide sign
248. ø ø [oslash] o, slash
249. ù ù [ugrave] u, grave
250. ú ú [uacute] u, acute
251. û û [ucirc] u, circumflex
252. ü ü [uuml] u, umlaut
253. ý ý [yacute] y, acute??
254. þ þ [thorn] thorn, Icelandic??
255. ÿ ÿ [yuml] y, umlaut

For fun, here are a few characters that should NOT map: Ā(out of range), ϧ (out of range), &foobar; (unknown), & (different case).

Supported HTML 4.0 Entities

• lowercase Greek letters
• &delta; δ, &mu; μ, &pi; π
• capital Greek letters
• &Delta; Δ, &Pi; Π, &Sigma; Σ, &Omega; Ω
• punctuation
• &bull; • (bullet)
• &hellip; … (horizontal ellipsis...)
• &ndash; – (en dash)
• &mdash; — (em dash)
• &lsquo; ‘ (left single quote)
• &rsquo; ’ (right single quote)
• &sbquo; ‚ (single low-9 quote)
• &bdquo; „ (double low-9 quote)
• &ldquo; “ (left double quote)
• &rdquo; ” (right double quote)
• &lsaquo; ‹ (single left-pointing angle quote)
• &rsaquo; › (single right-pointing angle quote)
• &dagger; †, &Dagger; ‡ (double dagger)
• &permil; ‰ (per mille sign),
• &prime; ′, &Prime; ″
• &frasl; ⁄ (fractional slash)
•   [thinsp] thin space??
•   [emsp] em space??
•   [ensp] en space??
• mathematics
• &fnof; ƒ (function of)
• &part; ∂ (partial differential)
• &prod; ∏ (n-ary product)
• &sum; ∑ (n-ary summation)
• &minus; −
• &radic; √ (square root, radical sign)
• &infin; ∞ (infinity)
• &int; ∫ (integral)
• &sim; ∼ (similar to, varies with)
• &asymp; ≈ (almost equal, asymptotic to)
• &ne; ≠ (not equal to)
• &le; ≤ (less than or equal to)
• &ge; ≥ (greater than or equal to)
• misc.
• &loz; ◊ (lozenge)
• &OElig; Œ (OE 'ligature')
• &oelig; œ (oe 'ligature')
• &Yuml; Ÿ (Y umlaut)
• &circ; ˆ (circumflex)
• &tilde; ˜ (small tilde)
• &trade; ™ (TM symbol: 153?)

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