Hello Michiel,

HD>> At this moment I donot like the UTF 8 circus.

MvdV> Well, I don't like the Tower of Bable circus with Code Pages.

Me neither.
The complex use of apostrophes etc is only a way to distinguish from other
languages, and nothing more.

Mvdv> So what we have in common is that we have something we do not like.

Yes because not al my systems can display all kinds of code pages.
I have at least 3 different ones.
First I have the UniCorn BBS system at Dos 5 with CP437
Second I have all the RISC OS machines (RiscPC's, Pi's) using Latin 1.
And third the Raspbian Stretch Linux at several other Raspberry Pi's.
The last one can both Latin 1 and UTF8 If I am right.
When I collect some text from a website, I can only save that textfile
If I choose UTF8. Whith the Default Latin 1 the saving gives an error,
and won't save the textfile at all ;-(.

HD>> So if contributing FidoNews is restricted to UTF8 only, it will sure
HD>> decrease your input.

MvdV> So simple submit your contribution in ASCII only. ASCII is a subset of
MvdV> UTF-8, so it will be accepted.

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

MvdV> Just help me refresh my memory: how many article did you submit so far?

Sorry, but that is zero.
All others have found out and written what I wanted to know.
I donot have new idea's, nowbody else had.
Ofcourse I sometimes read interesting articles, from you for instance.
So in this case I did not have input for so far.
Besides that, I am also busy with other volunteer work and have to organise my
energy for several projects properly as a multi handicapped person, you know.
My time is not so much as other normal healthy people, from the same age,
or even much older ones have more energy than me.
But you never know if I once see an opportuinity to create input.
If there is still a FidoNews letter, I will then contribute it.

Henri.

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