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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 Partial / outdated       * Some Latvian letters missing or inconsistently mapped       * Not recommended              ---              ## ??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              --- OpenXP 5.0.64        * Origin: Got Mobile? This echo = https://t.me/+RLI5gLJrHo6IIuzL (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 153/757 7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/112 134 206 300 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 705 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 263/1 266/512 280/464 5003 291/111 292/8125 301/1       SEEN-BY: 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/267 280 384 410 414 418 420 422 509 2744 712/848 770/1       SEEN-BY: 902/26 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 221/1 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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