Special characters ?

[Ditto]

Is there an easy way to display special characters in Maptools?

Currently, I'm just interested in displaying the 1/2 symbol: ½

I don't see any ASCII or CHR type of function though ? Is there anything in Maptools, given the ascii Code #, it can display the symbol ?

[Irrlicht]

Reference for all (or at least many) characters: http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

Just write:
½
And it will appear.

Also useful to add certain characters that may mess up a macro's syntax, for example when you need a " inside a string that is already defined with opening and closing double quotes. You just use " and save yourself troubles.

[Ditto]

Reference for all (or at least many) characters: http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

Just write:
½
And it will appear.

Also useful to add certain characters that may mess up a macro's syntax, for example when you need a " inside a string that is already defined with opening and closing double quotes. You just use " and save yourself troubles.

I was wondering if it was something like that ..
Thanks!

[aliasmask]

It will also work by leaving off the ";". There are certain MT functions that use the ; and it could get confused in those cases, but for normal html output, that's not necessary.

[Ditto]

It will also work by leaving off the ";". There are certain MT functions that use the ; and it could get confused in those cases, but for normal html output, that's not necessary.

Interesting ...

&#189

works just fine from within a basic macro, however, when placed into a function (ala lib:utility), it shows a standard 'block".

I tried:

½

and that worked from within the function ... interesting

[aliasmask]

Context may matter as well, ie what comes after it. You should always use the ; unless MT doesn't like it in a certain function or context, then you can try it without.