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|    Message 129 of 382    |
|    Rob Swindell to Michiel van der Vlist    |
|    codepage    |
|    02 Mar 23 17:02:48    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 327.fidoutf8@1:103/705 28667e7f       REPLY: 2:280/5555.1 63fcba51       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/663372080 Mar 2 2023 MSC 1929       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/0edce2af4 Feb 28 2023 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: codepage        By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 27 2023 03:12 pm               > Hello Rob,        >        > On Sunday February 26 2023 22:11, you wrote to me:        >        > >> > But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote replying        > >> to an UTF-8 encoded > message... And this reply is being written using        > >> a UTF-8 terminal.        >        > RS> And this reply is being written using a UTF-8 terminal with some        > RS> actual non-ASCII characters:        >        > All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the        > degree character 'ø' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the last        > message it is also present in the message test before the "--" (two dashes).              Ah, true. But in the message I posted using a UTF-8 terminal, that would have       been a UTF-8 encoded "degree" symbol instead of a CP437-encoded one (as would       have been in the other messages, including this one).               > RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0øF, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches        > RS> rain/24hrs        >        > Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I think it        > is more logical to look at the entire message including header, footer en        > origin lines to determine the encoding.              Synchronet does exactly that.       --         digital man (rob)              This Is Spinal Tap quote #15:       Review on "Shark Sandwich", merely a two word review: "Shit Sandwich".       Norco, CA WX: 56.8øF, 59.0% humidity, 7 mph SSE wind, 0.02 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 103/705 106/201 153/7715 218/0 1 700 860 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/111 112 113 307 317 426 428 470 700 317/3 320/219       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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