Hi Maurice!   
      
   12 Jun 2018 14:56, from Maurice Kinal -> Richard Menedetter:   
      
    RM>> What exactly do you mean?   
    MK> Nothing like a real life example to make the point;   
      
   I could read english and german.   
   I could not read the rest. (because I cannot read that languages! it is not a   
   matter of UTF-8 encoding, but a lack of knowledge of more than 4 languages.)   
      
    MK> UTF-8 messaging can be fun for the whole family, especially Fidonet.   
      
   What difference does it make?   
   Most people (I assume >> 90% percent will NOT be able to see extended   
   characters correctly, and moreover I cannot read them, no matter how they are   
   encoded.)   
      
    MK> So, what are you waiting for?  Enable UTF-8 Fidonet text messaging   
    MK> today and join in on the fun.   
      
   Why?   
   All languages I use in fidonet (English and German) are covered by 8859-1.   
   The additional characters I am unable to read ... so what do *I* gain by using   
   UTF-8? (eg. for English UTF-8 and ASCII are the same ... you use the first 128   
   characters.   
      
    MK> Note that I have turned on the CHRS kludge.   
    MK> I am betting it won't make a difference to your editor.   
      
   Sure ... my editor does not support UTF-8, so naturally it does not make a   
   difference.   
      
   But it WILL make a difference for Jamnntpd or Hotdoged, that DO support UTF-8.   
      
    RM>> I am using it daily and it works just fine within the scope of   
    RM>> the implementation.   
      
    MK> a modern golded should have no issues with this test.   
      
   Golded is very, very far from modern.   
   (As is the whole Fidonet BTW).   
      
   I do not have an issue with that test.   
   It shows that I can see ASCII and 8859-1 without problems, and that extended   
   characters are mangled (those characters which I would be incapable to read   
   anyhow ...)   
   No new information from your test.   
      
   CU, Ricsi   
      
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