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                  Converting your highbit characters to ASCII


     If a  conference moderator  or network  policy forbids  the use  of
     highbit characters such as your national accented letters, you must
     configure  GoldED  so  that  these  characters  are  converted   to
     acceptable  ASCII.  Fortunately  there  are  at least three ways of
     doing this with GoldED.

     Let's say that you want to convert the characters ...... (the  most
     commonly used Danish national characters in codepages 865 and 850).

     You can convert  the characters using  EDITmacros by putting  these
     lines in the GOLDKEYS.CFG file:

        .   EDITmacro "AE"
        .   EDITmacro "OE"
        .   EDITmacro "AA"
        .   EDITmacro "ae"
        .   EDITmacro "oe"
        .   EDITmacro "aa"

     An alternative  way of  doing this  is by  using the EDITCOMPLETION
     keyword like this in GOLDED.CFG:

         EDITCOMPLETION "." "AE"
         EDITCOMPLETION "." "OE"
         EDITCOMPLETION "." "AA"
         EDITCOMPLETION "." "ae"
         EDITCOMPLETION "." "oe"
         EDITCOMPLETION "." "aa"

     If you use one of these two methods to convert your highbit
     characters, that's it. There  is no way to  switch it to allow  the
     highbit characters in some areas.

     The best  method to  convert characters  is by  using the character
     translation system and enabling it in just those areas where it  is
     required.  Setting  this  up  is  a  bit  more  elaborate. When the
     character translation system  is in effect,  you simply enter  your
     message using your national highbit characters. Then when you  save
     the message, GoldED automatically converts it to ASCII.

     Add these lines in GOLDED.CFG:

        XLATPATH <path where IBM_ASC.CHS can be found>
        XLATCHARSET IBMPC ASCII IBM_ASC.CHS

     And add  this line  either globally  in GOLDED.CFG  or in  specific
     groups in the random system:

        XLATEXPORT ASCII

     The IBM_ASC.CHS file  can be found  in the XLAT.ZIP  archive within
     the manual and advanced cfg archive.

     It should be noted that the IBM_ASC.CHS translation table  converts
     from codepage 437 (actually 865) to ASCII. If your normal  codepage
     is 850, you should use the following XLATCHARSET instead:

        XLATCHARSET CP850 ASCII 850_ASC.CHS

     You will also need this line:

        XLATLOCALSET CP850

     The XLATLOCALSET keyword tells GoldED which codepage your  computer
     is configured to use.