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   August Abolins to Nick Boel   
   which is why I built my own..   
   28 Dec 25 11:58:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 27dc8051   
   REPLY: 1:154/10 69513d2a   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Nick!   
      
   ** On Sunday 28.12.25 - 08:11, you wrote:   
      
    NB> If you're still referring to OpenXP here, I'm not sure if   
    NB> there has been any more development lately or not (or if   
    NB> there ever will be), but last time I checked, the Linux   
    NB> version still didn't support utf-8.   
      
   The latest one seems to be Feb 2025:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/files/OpenXP%205.0/   
      
      
    NB> Winpoint did a little bit better, but still wasn't 100%,   
    NB> and well, it's Windows only, so that's already a huge   
    NB> limitation.   
      
   It thought Win-anything was going to be my final approach to     
   this messaging hobby, but I actually grew quite fond of the     
   text-based OpenXP.   
      
      
    NB> I had mentioned a bug in how it handles time and UTC   
    NB> offsets upwards of 1-2 (or more, time flies these days)   
    NB> years ago, got a reply that it would be looked into, and   
    NB> nothing ever came of it.   
      
   I recall something re a time issue.  But was there an     
   acknowledgement? ..or just an excuse?   
      
   What's the big deal with UTF-8 in FTN anyway?  Do we need utf-8     
   emojiis in these messages?   
      
   As-is, my font [Lucinda console] & charset supports French,     
   Spanish, Norwegian, and few others.   
   --    
     ../|ug   
      
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