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   August Abolins to Maurice Kinal   
   utf-8 stuff..   
   19 Jan 26 12:19:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 28957cc0   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.113 696e4737   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Maurice!   
      
    >> Currently using Lucinda Console TTF   
      
    MK> That shouldn't mess with the actual codes stored within the message.  If   
    MK> it does then you have a crippled terminal.  Even an old abandonware DOS   
    MK> editor will honour the codes despite the fact it cannot reproduce the   
    MK> proper charaters for display purposes.  My best guess is that OpenXP has   
    MK> issues that have nothing to do with your choice in fonts.  On the plus   
    MK> side it is in good company, msged and golded come to mind.   
      
   I seem to remember being able to "activate" a Latvian-keyboard on my Win98     
   system, and then.. via simple Alt-[key] presses get the desired umlaut     
   version for the letters I needed.  That was all done in a terminal of sorts     
   with Frontdoor editor, no problem.   
      
   But since XP, that keyboard selection is nolonger available.   
      
   I asked chatgpt..   
      
   "Latvian uses several Baltic-specific characters (a e i u c g k l n s z), so     
   you need a Baltic code page or Unicode. Here are the correct options, by     
   platform:   
      
   ---   
      
   ## ? Best / Modern (Recommended)   
      
   ### UTF-8 (Unicode)   
      
   * Fully supports Latvian   
   * Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS)   
   * Standard for files, terminals, web, email   
      
   ?? If you have a choice, use UTF-8.   
      
   ---   
      
   ## ?? Windows (legacy / non-Unicode)   
      
   ### Windows-1257 - *Baltic*   
      
   * ?? Full Latvian support   
   * ?? Most common legacy Windows encoding for Latvian   
   * Used by older Windows apps and files   
      
   ---   
      
   ## ?? ISO encodings   
      
   ### ISO-8859-13 - *Baltic Rim*   
      
   * ?? Full Latvian support   
   * Preferred ISO encoding for Baltic languages   
      
   ### ISO-8859-4 - *Baltic*   
      
   * ?? Partial / outdated   
   * Some Latvian letters missing or inconsistently mapped   
   * Not recommended   
      
   ---   
      
   ## ?? DOS / Console (very old systems)   
      
   ### IBM Code Page 775 (CP775) - *Baltic DOS*   
      
   * ?? Supports Latvian   
   * Used in DOS-era Baltic systems   
      
   ?? Not supported well in modern terminals.   
      
   ---   
      
   ## ? Does NOT fully support Latvian   
      
   * Windows-1252 (Western European)   
   * ISO-8859-1   
   * ASCII   
      
   These are missing several Latvian letters (g k l n).   
      
   ---   
      
   ## Summary table   
      
   | Encoding         | Latvian support | Notes           |   
   | ---------------- | --------------- | --------------- |   
   | UTF-8            | ? Full          | Best choice     |   
   | Windows-1257     | ? Full          | Legacy Windows  |   
   | ISO-8859-13      | ? Full          | Best ISO option |   
   | ISO-8859-4       | ?? Partial      | Obsolete        |   
   | CP775            | ? Full          | DOS only        |   
   | CP1252           | ? No            | Missing letters |   
      
   ---   
      
   If you tell me where you're using this (Windows CMD, PowerShell, Linux   
   terminal, GPG, batch files, old DOS software, etc.), I can recommend the   
   exact code page or command to set it correctly."   
      
   --    
     ../|ug   
      
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