ml> yes, this is a reply to an old message... i was reading back to see what i   
    ml> could find about the utf-8 stuff and how to configure it...   
      
      LOL! Nemas problemas, in here you can reply to any message you like,   
   however old it may be.   
      
    ml> your file is a lot different than mine...   
      
      Oh, I'm sure it is. After all, I'm probably one of the guys in fidonet   
   who's spent most time with proper character set handling.   
      
      I estimate that something like 50%, probably even more, of the discussions   
   between Johan Billing and me, was about this very subject.   
      
    ml> did you have to copy the chs files from the unicode/xlat directory to the   
    ml> xlat directory?   
      
      Not that I can recall, no, all the directories and the files in them were   
   "out of the box".   
      
    ml> can you do both utf and iso at the same time?   
      
      BOC. ISO is just a subset of UTF.   
      
    ml> will it hurt anything to have both sets of chs files in the xlat   
   directory?   
      
      Eh, sorry, I don't understand the question.   
      
    ml> i don't see utf to other character set files... do you know why?   
      
      "see utf to other..."? Sorry, once again I don't understand.   
      
    ml> i note that you are not using the -keepsoftcr option on your "read 866"   
    ml> line... any paricular reason?   
      
      None other than I probably never changed it from the original file. But we   
   *do* no that soft CR (0x8d) can have some serious impact on various xlat   
   variants, no?   
      
    ml> do i have an older or newer default xlat.cfg file than you or is yours   
    ml> highly modified?   
      
      Oh yes, mine is very much modified. I've made numerous experiments with   
   that particular part of my JamNNTPd setup during all those years. But please   
   don't ask me about particular details -- they are long since forgotten by now.   
      
    ml> i don't understand the differences between my xlat.cfg and the one you   
    ml> posted below :?   
      
      Well, to tell you the truth: neither do I. Possibly because I haven't seen   
   yours.   
      
      Stay tuned for a few articles in upcoming Fidonews issues about this. I am   
   not promising that I will find the time for it, but at least I *intend* to,   
   and I have the nucleus of a few articles in my Fidonews Pending Folder here...   
      
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