// workaround for using html entities in javascript i.e. alert function // wflohr 26.9.06 // html entity -> unicode translation table (thx ray) var ent2uc = new Array(); ent2uc['nbsp'] = '00A0'; // no-break space = non-breaking space ent2uc['iexcl'] = '00A1'; // inverted exclamation mark ent2uc['cent'] = '00A2'; // cent sign ent2uc['pound'] = '00A3'; // pound sign ent2uc['curren'] = '00A4'; // currency sign ent2uc['yen'] = '00A5'; // yen sign = yuan sign ent2uc['brvbar'] = '00A6'; // broken bar = broken vertical bar ent2uc['sect'] = '00A7'; // section sign ent2uc['uml'] = '00A8'; // diaeresis = spacing diaeresis ent2uc['copy'] = '00A9'; // copyright sign ent2uc['ordf'] = '00AA'; // feminine ordinal indicator ent2uc['laquo'] = '00AB'; // left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet ent2uc['not'] = '00AC'; // not sign ent2uc['shy'] = '00AD'; // soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen ent2uc['reg'] = '00AE'; // registered sign = registered trade mark sign ent2uc['macr'] = '00AF'; // macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar ent2uc['deg'] = '00B0'; // degree sign ent2uc['plusmn'] = '00B1'; // plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign ent2uc['sup2'] = '00B2'; // superscript two = superscript digit two = squared ent2uc['sup3'] = '00B3'; // superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed ent2uc['acute'] = '00B4'; // acute accent = spacing acute ent2uc['micro'] = '00B5'; // micro sign ent2uc['para'] = '00B6'; // pilcrow sign = paragraph sign ent2uc['middot'] = '00B7'; // middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot ent2uc['cedil'] = '00B8'; // cedilla = spacing cedilla ent2uc['sup1'] = '00B9'; // superscript one = superscript digit one ent2uc['ordm'] = '00BA'; // masculine ordinal indicator ent2uc['raquo'] = '00BB'; // right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet ent2uc['frac14'] = '00BC'; // vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter ent2uc['frac12'] = '00BD'; // vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half ent2uc['frac34'] = '00BE'; // vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters ent2uc['iquest'] = '00BF'; // inverted question mark = turned question mark ent2uc['Agrave'] = '00C0'; // latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave ent2uc['Aacute'] = '00C1'; // latin capital letter A with acute ent2uc['Acirc'] = '00C2'; // latin capital letter A with circumflex ent2uc['Atilde'] = '00C3'; // latin capital letter A with tilde ent2uc['Auml'] = '00C4'; // latin capital letter A with diaeresis ent2uc['Aring'] = '00C5'; // latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring ent2uc['AElig'] = '00C6'; // latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE ent2uc['Ccedil'] = '00C7'; // latin capital letter C with cedilla ent2uc['Egrave'] = '00C8'; // latin capital letter E with grave ent2uc['Eacute'] = '00C9'; // latin capital letter E with acute ent2uc['Ecirc'] = '00CA'; // latin capital letter E with circumflex ent2uc['Euml'] = '00CB'; // latin capital letter E with diaeresis ent2uc['Igrave'] = '00CC'; // latin capital letter I with grave ent2uc['Iacute'] = '00CD'; // latin capital letter I with acute ent2uc['Icirc'] = '00CE'; // latin capital letter I with circumflex ent2uc['Iuml'] = '00CF'; // latin capital letter I with diaeresis ent2uc['ETH'] = '00D0'; // latin capital letter ETH ent2uc['Ntilde'] = '00D1'; // latin capital letter N with tilde ent2uc['Ograve'] = '00D2'; // latin capital letter O with grave ent2uc['Oacute'] = '00D3'; // latin capital letter O with acute ent2uc['Ocirc'] = '00D4'; // latin capital letter O with circumflex ent2uc['Otilde'] = '00D5'; // latin capital letter O with tilde ent2uc['Ouml'] = '00D6'; // latin capital letter O with diaeresis ent2uc['times'] = '00D7'; // multiplication sign ent2uc['Oslash'] = '00D8'; // latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash ent2uc['Ugrave'] = '00D9'; // latin capital letter U with grave ent2uc['Uacute'] = '00DA'; // latin capital letter U with acute ent2uc['Ucirc'] = '00DB'; // latin capital letter U with circumflex ent2uc['Uuml'] = '00DC'; // latin capital letter U with diaeresis ent2uc['Yacute'] = '00DD'; // latin capital letter Y with acute ent2uc['THORN'] = '00DE'; // latin capital letter THORN ent2uc['szlig'] = '00DF'; // latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed ent2uc['agrave'] = '00E0'; // latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave ent2uc['aacute'] = '00E1'; // latin small letter a with acute ent2uc['acirc'] = '00E2'; // latin small letter a with circumflex ent2uc['atilde'] = '00E3'; // latin small letter a with tilde ent2uc['auml'] = '00E4'; // latin small letter a with diaeresis ent2uc['aring'] = '00E5'; // latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring ent2uc['aelig'] = '00E6'; // latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae ent2uc['ccedil'] = '00E7'; // latin small letter c with cedilla ent2uc['egrave'] = '00E8'; // latin small letter e with grave ent2uc['eacute'] = '00E9'; // latin small letter e with acute ent2uc['ecirc'] = '00EA'; // latin small letter e with circumflex ent2uc['euml'] = '00EB'; // latin small letter e with diaeresis ent2uc['igrave'] = '00EC'; // latin small letter i with grave ent2uc['iacute'] = '00ED'; // latin small letter i with acute ent2uc['icirc'] = '00EE'; // latin small letter i with circumflex ent2uc['iuml'] = '00EF'; // latin small letter i with diaeresis ent2uc['eth'] = '00F0'; // latin small letter eth ent2uc['ntilde'] = '00F1'; // latin small letter n with tilde ent2uc['ograve'] = '00F2'; // latin small letter o with grave ent2uc['oacute'] = '00F3'; // latin small letter o with acute ent2uc['ocirc'] = '00F4'; // latin small letter o with circumflex ent2uc['otilde'] = '00F5'; // latin small letter o with tilde ent2uc['ouml'] = '00F6'; // latin small letter o with diaeresis ent2uc['divide'] = '00F7'; // division sign ent2uc['ugrave'] = '00F9'; // latin small letter u with grave ent2uc['uacute'] = '00FA'; // latin small letter u with acute ent2uc['ucirc'] = '00FB'; // latin small letter u with circumflex ent2uc['uuml'] = '00FC'; // latin small letter u with diaeresis ent2uc['yacute'] = '00FD'; // latin small letter y with acute ent2uc['thorn'] = '00FE'; // latin small letter thorn ent2uc['yuml'] = '00FF'; // latin small letter y with diaeresis ent2uc['fnof'] = '0192'; // latin small f with hook = function = florin ent2uc['Alpha'] = '0391'; // greek capital letter alpha ent2uc['Beta'] = '0392'; // greek capital letter beta ent2uc['Gamma'] = '0393'; // greek capital letter gamma ent2uc['Delta'] = '0394'; // greek capital letter delta ent2uc['Epsilon'] = '0395'; // greek capital letter epsilon ent2uc['Zeta'] = '0396'; // greek capital letter zeta ent2uc['Eta'] = '0397'; // greek capital letter eta ent2uc['Theta'] = '0398'; // greek capital letter theta ent2uc['Iota'] = '0399'; // greek capital letter iota ent2uc['Kappa'] = '039A'; // greek capital letter kappa ent2uc['Lambda'] = '039B'; // greek capital letter lambda ent2uc['Mu'] = '039C'; // greek capital letter mu ent2uc['Nu'] = '039D'; // greek capital letter nu ent2uc['Xi'] = '039E'; // greek capital letter xi ent2uc['Omicron'] = '039F'; // greek capital letter omicron ent2uc['Pi'] = '03A0'; // greek capital letter pi ent2uc['Rho'] = '03A1'; // greek capital letter rho ent2uc['Sigma'] = '03A3'; // greek capital letter sigma ent2uc['Tau'] = '03A4'; // greek capital letter tau ent2uc['Upsilon'] = '03A5'; // greek capital letter upsilon ent2uc['Phi'] = '03A6'; // greek capital letter phi ent2uc['Chi'] = '03A7'; // greek capital letter chi ent2uc['Psi'] = '03A8'; // greek capital letter psi ent2uc['Omega'] = '03A9'; // greek capital letter omega ent2uc['alpha'] = '03B1'; // greek small letter alpha ent2uc['beta'] = '03B2'; // greek small letter beta ent2uc['gamma'] = '03B3'; // greek small letter gamma ent2uc['delta'] = '03B4'; // greek small letter delta ent2uc['epsilon'] = '03B5'; // greek small letter epsilon ent2uc['zeta'] = '03B6'; // greek small letter zeta ent2uc['eta'] = '03B7'; // greek small letter eta ent2uc['theta'] = '03B8'; // greek small letter theta ent2uc['iota'] = '03B9'; // greek small letter iota ent2uc['kappa'] = '03BA'; // greek small letter kappa ent2uc['lambda'] = '03BB'; // greek small letter lambda ent2uc['mu'] = '03BC'; // greek small letter mu ent2uc['nu'] = '03BD'; // greek small letter nu ent2uc['xi'] = '03BE'; // greek small letter xi ent2uc['omicron'] = '03BF'; // greek small letter omicron ent2uc['pi'] = '03C0'; // greek small letter pi ent2uc['rho'] = '03C1'; // greek small letter rho ent2uc['sigmaf'] = '03C2'; // greek small letter final sigma ent2uc['sigma'] = '03C3'; // greek small letter sigma ent2uc['tau'] = '03C4'; // greek small letter tau ent2uc['upsilon'] = '03C5'; // greek small letter upsilon ent2uc['phi'] = '03C6'; // greek small letter phi ent2uc['chi'] = '03C7'; // greek small letter chi ent2uc['psi'] = '03C8'; // greek small letter psi ent2uc['omega'] = '03C9'; // greek small letter omega ent2uc['thetasym'] = '03D1'; // greek small letter theta symbol ent2uc['upsih'] = '03D2'; // greek upsilon with hook symbol ent2uc['piv'] = '03D6'; // greek pi symbol ent2uc['bull'] = '2022'; // bullet = black small circle ent2uc['hellip'] = '2026'; // horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader ent2uc['prime'] = '2032'; // prime = minutes = feet ent2uc['Prime'] = '2033'; // double prime = seconds = inches ent2uc['oline'] = '203E'; // overline = spacing overscore ent2uc['frasl'] = '2044'; // fraction slash ent2uc['weierp'] = '2118'; // script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p ent2uc['image'] = '2111'; // blackletter capital I = imaginary part ent2uc['real'] = '211C'; // blackletter capital R = real part symbol ent2uc['trade'] = '2122'; // trade mark sign ent2uc['alefsym'] = '2135'; // alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal ent2uc['larr'] = '2190'; // leftwards arrow ent2uc['uarr'] = '2191'; // upwards arrow ent2uc['rarr'] = '2192'; // rightwards arrow ent2uc['darr'] = '2193'; // downwards arrow ent2uc['harr'] = '2194'; // left right arrow ent2uc['crarr'] = '21B5'; // downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return ent2uc['lArr'] = '21D0'; // leftwards double arrow ent2uc['uArr'] = '21D1'; // upwards double arrow ent2uc['rArr'] = '21D2'; // rightwards double arrow ent2uc['dArr'] = '21D3'; // downwards double arrow ent2uc['hArr'] = '21D4'; // left right double arrow ent2uc['forall'] = '2200'; // for all ent2uc['part'] = '2202'; // partial differential ent2uc['exist'] = '2203'; // there exists ent2uc['empty'] = '2205'; // empty set = null set = diameter ent2uc['nabla'] = '2207'; // nabla = backward difference ent2uc['isin'] = '2208'; // element of ent2uc['notin'] = '2209'; // not an element of ent2uc['ni'] = '220B'; // contains as member ent2uc['prod'] = '220F'; // n-ary product = product sign ent2uc['sum'] = '2211'; // n-ary sumation ent2uc['minus'] = '2212'; // minus sign ent2uc['lowast'] = '2217'; // asterisk operator ent2uc['radic'] = '221A'; // square root = radical sign ent2uc['prop'] = '221D'; // proportional to ent2uc['infin'] = '221E'; // infinity ent2uc['ang'] = '2220'; // angle ent2uc['and'] = '2227'; // logical and = wedge ent2uc['or'] = '2228'; // logical or = vee ent2uc['cap'] = '2229'; // intersection = cap ent2uc['cup'] = '222A'; // union = cup ent2uc['int'] = '222B'; // integral ent2uc['there4'] = '2234'; // therefore ent2uc['sim'] = '223C'; // tilde operator = varies with = similar to ent2uc['cong'] = '2245'; // approximately equal to ent2uc['asymp'] = '2248'; // almost equal to = asymptotic to ent2uc['ne'] = '2260'; // not equal to ent2uc['equiv'] = '2261'; // identical to ent2uc['le'] = '2264'; // less-than or equal to ent2uc['ge'] = '2265'; // greater-than or equal to ent2uc['sub'] = '2282'; // subset of ent2uc['sup'] = '2283'; // superset of ent2uc['nsub'] = '2284'; // not a subset of ent2uc['sube'] = '2286'; // subset of or equal to ent2uc['supe'] = '2287'; // superset of or equal to ent2uc['oplus'] = '2295'; // circled plus = direct sum ent2uc['otimes'] = '2297'; // circled times = vector product ent2uc['perp'] = '22A5'; // up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular ent2uc['sdot'] = '22C5'; // dot operator ent2uc['lceil'] = '2308'; // left ceiling = apl upstile ent2uc['rceil'] = '2309'; // right ceiling ent2uc['lfloor'] = '230A'; // left floor = apl downstile ent2uc['rfloor'] = '230B'; // right floor ent2uc['lang'] = '2329'; // left-pointing angle bracket = bra ent2uc['rang'] = '232A'; // right-pointing angle bracket = ket ent2uc['loz'] = '25CA'; // lozenge ent2uc['spades'] = '2660'; // black spade suit ent2uc['clubs'] = '2663'; // black club suit = shamrock ent2uc['hearts'] = '2665'; // black heart suit = valentine ent2uc['diams'] = '2666'; // black diamond suit ent2uc['quot'] = '0022'; // quotation mark = APL quote ent2uc['amp'] = '0026'; // ampersand ent2uc['lt'] = '003C'; // less-than sign ent2uc['gt'] = '003E'; // greater-than sign ent2uc['OElig'] = '0152'; // latin capital ligature OE ent2uc['oelig'] = '0153'; // latin small ligature oe ent2uc['Scaron'] = '0160'; // latin capital letter S with caron ent2uc['scaron'] = '0161'; // latin small letter s with caron ent2uc['Yuml'] = '0178'; // latin capital letter Y with diaeresis ent2uc['circ'] = '02C6'; // modifier letter circumflex accent ent2uc['tilde'] = '02DC'; // small tilde ent2uc['ensp'] = '2002'; // en space ent2uc['emsp'] = '2003'; // em space ent2uc['thinsp'] = '2009'; // thin space ent2uc['ndash'] = '2013'; // en dash ent2uc['mdash'] = '2014'; // em dash ent2uc['lsquo'] = '2018'; // left single quotation mark ent2uc['rsquo'] = '2019'; // right single quotation mark ent2uc['sbquo'] = '201A'; // single low-9 quotation mark ent2uc['ldquo'] = '201C'; // left double quotation mark ent2uc['rdquo'] = '201D'; // right double quotation mark ent2uc['bdquo'] = '201E'; // double low-9 quotation mark ent2uc['dagger'] = '2020'; // dagger ent2uc['Dagger'] = '2021'; // double dagger ent2uc['permil'] = '2030'; // per mille sign ent2uc['euro'] = '20AC'; // euro sign function entities2unicode(str) { var m, nchar; while(m = str.match(/&(\w+);/)) { if(ent2uc[m[1]]) { eval('nchar = "\\u' + ent2uc[m[1]] + '";'); } else { nchar = '?'; } str = str.replace(m[0], nchar); } return str; } function newAlert (msgpara) { alert0(entities2unicode(msgpara)); } // override original browser alert window.alert0 = window.alert; window.alert = window.newAlert; // override original Option constructor window.Option0 = window.Option; eval("function Option(s1, s2) { return new window.Option0(entities2unicode(s1),s2);};");