Subj : codepage
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Feb 26 2023 09:32 am

Hello Alan,

On Saturday February 25 2023 14:26, you wrote to me:

AI> @MSGID: 1:153/757.2 63fa8cca
AI> @REPLY: 2:280/5555 63fa857a
AI> @CHRS: LATIN-1 2
AI> @TZUTC: -0800
AI> @TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2023-02-18
AI> Hello Michiel,

AI> I think this one will too.

See above.

AI> If I remember right I setup golded to use that because by default it
AI> uses "UTF-8 2". Not quite correct but closer to the truth.

There is  trick to make it "UTF-8 4". See my message.

AI> All of my terminals here are UTF-8 although I don't see UTF-8
AI> correctly in any of my readers, not on the BBS or when reading with
AI> golded.

Golded has its limits and do do many other Fidonet readers when it comes to UTF-8.

Goated and Gosiped do it right.

AI> I can setup golded to use an external editor and when I hit reply I
AI> see the UTF-8 characters correctly.

So can I. I use Winvi for that. But it has other issues...

MV>> But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote
MV>> replying to an UTF-8 encoded message...

AI> Synchronet is generally good about the CHRS kludge but I guess it
AI> doesn't look at the encoding of the reply. Perhaps it needs to be
AI> looked at.

yeah...


Cheers, Michiel

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