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|    Message 842 of 1,237    |
|    Nicholas Boel to Maurice Kinal    |
|    Re: !trans japanese    |
|    17 Nov 24 20:24:41    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 186.tuxpower@1:154/700 2b9fdc23       REPLY: 1:153/7001 673a7e6a       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/9bf86ab10 Nov 16 202 GCC 14.2.1       TID: SBBSecho 3.22-Linux master/9bf86ab10 Nov 16 2024 18:25 GCC 14.2.1       BBSID: PHARCYDE       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux)       Hello Maurice,              On Sun, Nov 17 2024 17:38:18 -0600, you wrote:              > Maybe so but at least your editor didn't grunge them like most 8-bit fido       > editors do. I can't render them either given that there is no terminal based       > fonts for Japanese ... or Chinese for that matter. With terminal fonts there       > is a 512 character limit as things stand today. Far more than is needed for       > most languages. To render Japanese a gui app with the right fonts will be       > needed. I am not sure if there are any terminals in xorg that can handle CJK       > fonts but maybe. I am guessing that Firefox might be a viable alternative.              Odd, maybe it's rendering correctly for me because I'm SSH'd into my Linux       console via Putty?              > Given that I am left to ponder the possibility of a graphical interface for       > fidonet if and when this ever becomes a real issue.              The only time it actually becomes an issue (or even a topic) is when we mess       around with it. ;)              Regards,       Nick              ... He who laughs last, thinks slowest.       --- SBBSecho 3.22-Linux        * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/700)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 103/705 104/119 105/81 106/201 120/616 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 153/757 7001 7715 154/10 30 50 700 203/0 214/22 218/0 1 601       SEEN-BY: 218/700 840 850 860 870 880 930 940 220/90 221/0 6 226/18       SEEN-BY: 226/30 44 50 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 317 400 426 427       SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464 5003 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/8125 301/1 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66 234       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 154/700 10 280/464 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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