REPLY: 781.fido-asianlin@1:3634/12 21cf251f   
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   Hey mark!   
      
    ml> they're also not running actively developed systems straight out   
    ml> of CVS   
      
   No doubt about that.   
      
    ml> not familiar with that "loses an eye" one   
      
   Huh?  I learned about that one from you, although I named it given it's   
   resemblence to an 'i'.  There were some msgs within this echo that   
   demonstrated the deletion of it by questionable tossers.   
      
    ml> a character is chosen and used to represent glyphs that cannot be   
    ml> converted   
      
   Ah!  In the case here, it is the regular question mark excepy black on a white   
   background and is used only for characters that cannot be displayed.  It has   
   nothing to do with conversion and the original character code is unaffected.    
   I see your quote of the cp437 characters I sent were retained and that should   
   have been the same when quoting back the utf-8 emoticons.  I know for a fact   
   that both QEdit and uemacs, which are both DOS based old school 16-bit   
   editors, can handle this just fine.   
      
   Speaking of upgrades, I see below in the tearline that ye olde raspi needs to   
   be brought up to speed.  Maybe tomorrow.  It's only a day away.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Don't cry for me I have vi.   
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