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   JAMNNTPD      Support for the JAMNNTPD software client      2,630 messages   

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   Message 2,379 of 2,630   
   Nicholas Boel to Carlos Navarro   
   JamNNTPd and UTF-8   
   25 Feb 24 09:45:40   
   
   MSGID: 1:154/10 65db60a4   
   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:   
      
    BP>> problem with jamnntpd is that it does not support multibyte,   
      
    CN> You're right about JamNNTPd not supporting multibyte. It wraps lines at   
    CN> 79 bytes, not at 79 chars. Therefore those that have UTF-8 chars (2 or   
    CN> more bytes) become shorter when wrapped. The more UTF-8 chars a line   
    CN> has, the 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   
    CN> áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú áéíóú   
    CN> áéíóú áéíóú   
      
   For the record, def_flowed=off changes what looked correct before to this.   
   This can also be a test for the top quoted line to see if those pesky   
   non-breaking spaces are added here or not.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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