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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2022-07-03   
   Hello Michiel.   
      
   06 Mar 24 13:38, you wrote to me:   
      
    VA>> Best possible way is to use UTF-8 for all strings inside and only   
    VA>> convert text when read/write from/to message base and to screen.   
      
    MvdV> I agree. That will be the easiest way to make as many Fidonet   
    MvdV> participants use UTF-8 all the way. With the sceen set to CP65001   
    MvdV> writing to and from the screen should need no conversion.   
      
    VA>> And even if drop DOS support - need to take into account OS   
    VA>> specifics for Unicode.   
      
    MvdV> Such as? Even OS/2 has full UTF-8 support doesn't it?   
      
   Windows and Linux works with console very differently. Even support those two   
   together is a challenge. Code is not very well encapsulated in GoldEd and OS   
   specifics just everywhere.   
      
   I haven't tried OS/2 at all, so have no idea, how UTF-8 works there. Does it   
   use ncurses too?   
      
    VA>>  As long as GoldEd uses fixed size buffers in many places -   
    VA>> that's huge refactoring. Better to replace it with std::string   
    VA>> almost everywhere.   
      
    MvdV> Perhaps, but that won't solve the problem that when writing back to   
    MvdV> the message base strings have to be of fixed lenght for the To:,   
    MvdV> From:, Subj: and other fields. It may be necessary to truncate in   
    MvdV> order to fit. Truncating should be done on a UTF-8 sequence boundery.   
    MvdV> If need be step back until a byte with bit 7 and 6 set.   
      
    VA>>>> For example function, which splits message to lines is almost   
    VA>>>> 1000 lines long! It has variables, used in multiple places, it   
    VA>>>> not only splits the message, but guess charset, do recoding and   
    VA>>>> other fun stuff.   
      
    MvdV>>> Wauw!   
      
    VA>> That's one of the reasons, why progress is slow.   
      
    MvdV> Keep up the good work!   
      
   Thanks. I try to fix or enhance something which doesn't break existing   
   functionality. Hope some day we'll have UTF-8 support too.   
      
   Vitaliy   
      
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