getting a section cross-platform without utf

[Richmond]

On 26/09/14 23:20, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Put numToChar(167)
>>
> I just tried that on a mac.  I think what it gave me was a german esset,
> the double s that looks like a beta . . .
>
>

That makes no sense at all as the Unicode char 'siglum' § is U+00A7 
Decimal 167

While the 'esset' ß is U+00DF Decimal 223

Richmond.