Hello Nicholas Boel!

 AA>> Correct. Codepage 437 seems to be the norm.

 NB> Then writing in UTF-8 would be impossible, if cp437 is the norm.

Well.. the code for OpenXP is open-source. If you know Pascal,  
go for it!  :D


 AA>> However, the bottom line seems to be the font used for the
 AA>> terminal.  I use TT Lucinda Console.  The charset in there
 AA>> simply does not support the myriad of utf-8 things.

 NB> I happen to be using Consolas. Doesn't matter, reading it works fine, as
 NB> soon as you try posting or quoting it, it doesn't.

It stays UTF-8 going out when replying to UTF-8 messages that  
had arrived via nntp.  It just not work that way with FTN  
messages.


 AA>> Again..  I do believe it's based on the limitations of the font
 AA>> selected for the terminal.

 NB> Doubtful. If the limitations of the font was the problem, I wouldn't be
 NB> able to read it properly, either.

Well.. maybe OpenXP's UTF-8 support is a minimal subset.  For  
true unadulterated UTF-8 reading and replying, I use Sylpheed  
for specific echoes.


 AA>> BTW, if an incoming message arrives without s, then the
 AA>> message text *will* spread out to the edges.

 NB> I'm using a format=flowed supported newsreader right now. All of my text
 NB> goes to the right edge of the window, and when I resize the window the
 NB> text rewraps.

My config is: Windows setting: terminal screen width = 100,  
height = 41, font = 20pt Lucinda Console  ..and OpenXP is:  
Config/Display/Lines:

ÚÄ Screen resolution ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³                              ³
³  Lines       41              ³
³  Columns    100              ³
³                              ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ


I have plenty of examples that render full width in my current  
configuration:

https://ibb.co/y0pypJk

Even yours..

https://ibb.co/bdxGz5t


 NB> This doesn't happen in OpenXP as of yet. Same exact message, no CR/LFs at
 NB> all. It always wraps before 80 columns. The only time it goes further is
 NB> if there is no spaces in the line (for example, a long link).

See above..  your last message was full width.


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