Subj : codepage
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 05:02 pm

 Re: codepage
 By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 27 2023 03:12 pm

> Hello Rob,
>
> On Sunday February 26 2023 22:11, you wrote to me:
>
>  >> > But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote replying
>  >> to an UTF-8 encoded > message...  And this reply is being written using
>  >> a UTF-8 terminal.
>
>  RS> And this reply is being written using a UTF-8 terminal with some
>  RS> actual non-ASCII characters:
>
> All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the
> degree character '�' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the last
> message it is also present in the message test before the "--" (two dashes).

Ah, true. But in the message I posted using a UTF-8 terminal, that would have been a UTF-8 encoded "degree" symbol instead of a CP437-encoded one (as would have been in the other messages, including this one).

>  RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0�F, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches
>  RS> rain/24hrs
>
> Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I think it
> is more logical to look at the entire message including header, footer en
> origin lines to determine the encoding.

Synchronet does exactly that.
--
                                           digital man (rob)

This Is Spinal Tap quote #15:
Review on "Shark Sandwich", merely a two word review: "Shit Sandwich".
Norco, CA WX: 56.8�F, 59.0% humidity, 7 mph SSE wind, 0.02 inches rain/24hrs

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