Arbortext Command Language > set Command Options > set writenonasciichar
  
set writenonasciichar
set writenonasciichar= { entref | numref | char}
The set writenonasciichar command controls how Arbortext Editor writes out non-ASCII characters. The options are:
entrefArbortext Editor writes out non-ASCII characters as character entity references. (If a numeric entity reference had been inserted as a character, Arbortext Publishing Engine will write the numeric entity reference as a character.)
If Arbortext Editor cannot find matching character entity references, it writes out the non-ASCII characters as characters in the target encoding.
If Arbortext Editor cannot find the characters in the target encoding, it writes out the non-ASCII characters as numeric character references. This is the default setting.
numrefArbortext Editor writes out non-ASCII characters as numeric character references.
charArbortext Editor writes out non-ASCII characters as characters in the target encoding. If Arbortext Editor cannot find the characters in the target encoding, it writes out the non-ASCII characters as numeric character references.
The abbreviation of writenonasciichar is writenonascii.
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The write nonasciichar command overrides the settings of this command.
When used with the set entityinputconvert and set entityoutputconvert commands, the set writenonasciichar also controls how Arbortext Editor writes out character entities.