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|    mark lewis to andrew clarke    |
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|    06 Jun 15 18:31:24    |
      07 Jun 15 03:33, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:               ac> 06 Jun 15 16:23, you wrote to me:               ac>>> It supports writing UTF-8 messages, provided a UTF-8 capable        ac>>> external editor is used, as you say, but that's about it.               MV>> No, to write a message in UTF-8, you do not need to use an external        MV>> editor. What you need is the proper translation table from your local        MV>> set to UTF-8.               ac> But my local set is UTF-8.              so is mine... i told golded that but have since told it the local set is CP437       even though it isn't... a lot of things look better in that they are aligned       properly but the graphics characters are black question marks in white       circles... i hope it will change to proper display when i finally find out how       to set the terminal to true pure CP437 and find a proper font with the       original glyphs in it...              sometimes new and advanced are not all they are cut out to be...              )\/(ark              ... An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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