Hallo Richard!   
      
    RM> What exactly do you mean?   
      
   Nothing like a real life example to make the point;   
      
   -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' starts }=-   
   UTF-8 messaging can be fun for the whole family, especially Fidonet.   
      
   Case in point is when you find squirrels in your pants and lack a suitable   
   search for a solution within the Fidonet family.  With UTF-8 enabled then one   
   could send a single message with, "I've got squirrels in my pants", "Jag har   
   ekorrar i mina byxor", "У меня в штанах белка", "Έχω   
   σκίουροι στο παντελόνι μου" and "Ich habe Eichhörnchen   
   in meiner Hose", within a single message which covers five languages thus   
   vastly increasing your coverage when searching for a solution to this most   
   perplexing situation.   
      
   So, what are you waiting for?  Enable UTF-8 Fidonet text messaging today and   
   join in on the fun.   
   -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' ends }=-   
      
   Note that I have turned on the CHRS kludge.  I am betting it won't make a   
   difference to your editor.   
      
    RM> I am using it daily and it works just fine within the scope of the   
    RM> implementation.   
      
   Whose implimentation?  Anyhow I enabled the CHRS kludge to FTSC specs, so if   
   that is to be the acceptable measurement of implimentation, then a modern   
   golded should have no issues with this test.  There is even some LATIN1 in   
   there but good luck converting the entire text to any 8-bit encoding including   
   LATIN-1 whatever that really is.  :::evil grin:::   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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