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   Message 2,377 of 2,630   
   Nicholas Boel to Carlos Navarro   
   JamNNTPd and UTF-8   
   25 Feb 24 09:14:10   
   
   MSGID: 1:154/10 65db5942   
   REPLY: 2:341/234.99 65db238c   
   PID: Smapinntpd/Linux 2.0 b20240216   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-02-05   
   On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:25:08 +0100, Carlos Navarro -> Benny Pedersen wrote:   
      
    CN> You're right about JamNNTPd not supporting multibyte. It wraps lines at 79   
    CN> bytes, not at 79 chars. Therefore those that have UTF-8 chars (2 or more   
    CN> bytes) become shorter when wrapped. The more UTF-8 chars a line has, the   
    CN> shorter.   
      
    CN> This is noticeable in readers that don't support flowed text (most NNTP   
    CN> clients).   
      
    CN> ASCII:   
    CN> aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou aeiou   
    CN> aeiou aeiou   
      
    CN> UTF-8:   
    CN> áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú   
   áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú   
    CN> áéíóú áéíóú   
      
   This looked fine in Thunderbird, and if quoted correctly when it gets back to   
   you, should have both of them wrapped at the same point also.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."   
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