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   Message 657 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   oxp: UTF-8   
   05 Apr 19 14:47:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d721a36c   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d719a0ff   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 04.04.19 at 14:19, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> I have Config/Options/MessageReader configured with UTF-8 enabled (it's   
    AA>> actually the default.   
      
    AA>> But UTF-8 chars don't seem to render properly.   
      
    AA>> It that a bug?   
      
    MF> Not sure about that but the developer did a bugfix relating to UTF-8   
    MF> recently, perhaps that may fix it.   
      
   Later .....   
      
   I've contacted the developer about this and here's what he had to say:   
      
   ---------- 8< ----------   
   "Depends on the message content and the specified message charset :-)   
      
   And he also has to configure an appropriate font in the windows   
   console, e.g. "Lucida Console".   
      
   Here on the Continent we probably have more UTF-8 encoded messages   
   than in GB or in USA, and I think I've pulled the maximum of UTF-8   
   functionality out of OpenXP (which internally still work with MS-DOS   
   Codepage 437 in many areas, as it's roots were in the MS-DOS era of   
   the early nineties).   
      
   Maybe he can forward the problematic message to me."   
   ---------- 8< ----------   
      
   Over to you :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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