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Encoding ASCII Characters and Special Characters

When creating an external file to import characters into G2, you need to encode the subset of characters in the Gensym character set comprised of ASCII characters and other special characters. To do so, use the encoding summarized in the table Encoding for ASCII and Special Characters.

Encoding a Tab Character

To encode a tab character in a file for the Gensym Character Set:

Enter these characters sequentially:

backslash ( \ ) space (    ) left-parenthesis ( ( ) right-parenthesis ( ) )

Such a character sequence would appear in a file as:

\ ()

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