InputStreamReader problem...should be an easy fix

Question

try
     FileReader reader = new FileReader(fileName);
     InputStreamReader inputreader = new InputStreamReader(reader, Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"));
     BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(inputreader);
My compiler says:
C:\java\NFOview>javac NFOview.java
NFOview.java:89: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : constructor InputStreamReader(java.io.InputStreamReader,java.nio.charset.Charset)
location: class java.io.InputStreamReader
InputStreamReader inputreader = new InputStreamReader(inputreader, Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"));
^
1 error

Answer 1

Hi Chris,
it sounds to me like you are trying to somehow get the upper-ascii characters in DOS to render (upper-ascii is what I call them). Stuff like the characters for creating borders, the different symbols common to fonts like Terminal, MS Linedraw, GWTE_437.. aka the Cp437 charset.
I'll trade answers with you... did you get the Terminal font itself to render in java (w/o the special chars).
I wrote a custom sort of drawString that used character glyphs and a custom mapping to be able to get the special symbols from MS Linedraw so my IRC Client would be able to render the special characters correctly.
I got the code at home... but answer my question and if your interested in my code to draw the upper-ascii characters let me know I'll post it in a day or so.