ARCHIVED: Using Pine on a Windows computer, how do I type accented characters?

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To use accented characters in Pine, you must first make sure that Pine is using the correct character set:

1. From the Main Menu in Pine, press  s  for Setup and then  c  for Config.
   
   
2. Use the arrow key to move down through the settings until you highlight "character-set". If "character-set" is set to "ISO-8859-1", you do not need to make any changes. If not, press  c  for Change Value and enter ISO-8859-1 .
   
   
3. Press  e  for Exit Config, and  y  to save your changes.

To type these characters, hold down the Alt key and type the correct sequence of numbers on the numeric keypad. When you finish typing, release the Alt key. You should see the accented character within your Pine email editor.

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