Subj : GoldEd UTF-8
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Carlos Navarro
Date : Thu Dec 01 2022 07:34 pm

30 Nov 2022 22:40, you wrote to me:

MV> I could type GPB or £ (Alt 156) and it will be correctly translated to
MV> UTF-8 in my outgoing messages. The problem is /incoming/.

Yes, I know.

MV> I do not have control over that. What are the chances that an incoming
MV> well formed UTF-8 sequence with the last byte is meant as a Pound sign
MV> or as an 'a' with tilde? In /my/ case? Since I do not master the
MV> portugese language and fidonet participants do not write to me in
MV> Portugese, the chance that it is meant as a Pound sign is far greater
MV> than it is meant as an 'a'with tilde.

MV> Your case may be different...

Yes, I prefer support for languages, more than for special symbols. Each case is different. :-)

Anyway, a workaround could be: save one of the files with a different name, e.g. utf8_850alt.chs, then add this to golded.cfg:

XLATCHARSET UTF8ALT CP850 utf8_850alt.chs

Then you can press Ctrl-J and switch to UTF8ALT to view it with the "alternative" conversion.

I've just done it now to be able to quote your pound sign above. ;-)

Carlos

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