Hello Michiel,

 MvdV>>> AFAIK, the only encoding in use in Fidonet that covers both
 MvdV>>> cyrillic and the 'o' diaeresis is UTF-8.

 KE>> I have the impression, that the majority that prefers Cyrrillic for
 KE>> their conversation, mainly use other encodings than UTF-8

 MvdV> I think your impression is correct. In the echos where Russian or
Ukranian
 MvdV> is the dominant language, CP866 is the default character encoding. For
 MvdV> files they often use KOI8-r.

CP866 is preferred by most Russians, but is not the only character
set that can be used for cyrillic.  There are also many other peoples
who write with a cyrillic character set, so it is not exclusive.

 KE>> Those who are able to read UTF-8 encoded messages are free to do so in
 KE>> echo areas that promote that encoding. Publishing UTF-8 encoded
 KE>> messages in general areas like FIDONEWS, where UTF-8 readers are a
 KE>> minoriity, is even worse than mixing 8-bit encodings in one message.

 MvdV> That is a matter of opinion. As a techie I would say that mixing 8 bit
 MvdV> encodings in one and the same message or in one and the same file is
 MvdV> technically incorrect and therefore "worse".

Could be.  But when the original message is written with the
same character set all should be well and good.

--Lee

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