Hello mark, Привет марка

On Monday June 08 2020 19:06, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> So why did you ask if you already know the answer?

 ml> because i didn't/don't know the answer... i've never attempted to
 ml> select a character set before writing a message in golded...

If your horizon regarding 8 bit encodings is limited to CP437, you would indeed
not need to do that...

 ml> i've only attempted to change the character set to READ messages...

Normally one would not have to do that. If the message has a proper CHRS
kludge.

 ml> every editor/BBS that i've used has put CP437, IBMPC, or UTF-8 without
 ml> my knowledge or prompting...

If they are limited to those three encoding that might work. The world of
Fidonet is bigger than that howver.

 ml> 99% of the people in FTNs operate the same way, too...

Unfortunately there is not much sofware around in Fidonet that can properly
deal with more than CP437. :(

 ml> they expect the software to put in the proper CHRS line *IF* they even
 ml> know about it...

It may work for those who limit themselves to ASCII, CP437 and UTF-8.

However, as I wrote before, automatically detecting the encoding is tricky. So
if more than CP437 is needed, the user needs to interfere to tell the software
what the encoding is.


Cheers, Michiel

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