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   Kees van Eeten to Maurice Kinal   
   appearances are decieving   
   12 Jun 18 19:39:58   
   
   Hi Maurice,   
      
    It looks good in Thunderbird, but it will probably get   
    mangled on the way back. ;((   
      
   On 06/12/2018 04:56 PM, Maurice Kinal -> Richard Menedetter wrote:   
    MK> Hallo Richard!   
      
    RM>> What exactly do you mean?   
      
    MK> Nothing like a real life example to make the point;   
      
    MK> -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' starts }=-   
    MK> UTF-8 messaging can be fun for the whole family, especially Fidonet.   
      
    MK> Case in point is when you find squirrels in your pants and lack a   
    MK> suitable search for a solution within the Fidonet family.  With UTF-8   
    MK> enabled then one could send a single message with, "I've got squirrels   
    MK> in my pants", "Jag har ekorrar i mina byxor", "У меня в   
   штанах белка",   
    MK> "Έχω σκίουροι στο παντελόνι μου" and "Ich habe   
   Eichhörnchen in meiner   
    MK> Hose", within a single message which covers five languages thus vastly   
    MK> increasing your coverage when searching for a solution to this most   
    MK> perplexing situation.   
      
    MK> So, what are you waiting for?  Enable UTF-8 Fidonet text messaging today   
    MK> and join in on the fun.   
    MK> -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' ends }=-   
      
    MK> Note that I have turned on the CHRS kludge.  I am betting it won't make   
    MK> a difference to your editor.   
      
    RM>> I am using it daily and it works just fine within the scope of the   
    RM>> implementation.   
      
    MK> Whose implimentation?  Anyhow I enabled the CHRS kludge to FTSC specs,   
    MK> so if that is to be the acceptable measurement of implimentation, then a   
    MK> modern golded should have no issues with this test.  There is even some   
    MK> LATIN1 in there but good luck converting the entire text to any 8-bit   
    MK> encoding including LATIN-1 whatever that really is.  :::evil grin:::   
      
    MK> Het leven is goed,   
    MK> Maurice   
      
    MK> .. Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
    MK> --- GNU bash, version 4.4.23(1)-release (x86_64-bonnell-linux-gnu)   
    MK>   * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada   
   (2:280/464.113)   
      
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    * Origin: Fidonet!, isn't that something from the past? (2:280/5003.4)   

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