[mapserver-users] Symbol Def. Help

[Stepan Kafka]

Hi,
ad 1)  in 3.6 used more characters truetype symbols defined in symbolset
file: CHARACTER "FO" .

ad 2) The unicode character codes are preceded with these characters.

Stepan Kafka

> -----Pùvodní zpráva-----
> Od: owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu]za uživatele Hankley,
> Chip
> Odesláno: 10. èervence 2002 22:58
> Komu: MapServer List (E-mail)
> Pøedmìt: [mapserver-users] Symbol Def. Help
>
>
> I'm having a hard time figuring out a couple of things about symbol
> definitions.
>
> What I want to do, is make a symbol for a fiber optic line that looks like
> this:
>
> ------FO------FO------FO------FO
>
> I can get a trutype symbol to work, with ONE letter.
>
> 1) How can I get it to work with more than one character?
> 2) What is the "&#" part of the character mapping doing? Is there some
> reference for figuring out character mappings?
>
> TIA!
>
> Chip Hankley
>
>