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echo: fidonews
to: OLI
from: PAUL QUINN
date: 2020-01-26 08:29:00
subject: Convenient Truth

Hi! Oli,

On 01/25/2020 11:42 PM, you wrote:

 Ol>>> UTF-8. It looks fine in GossipEd.

 PQ>> It's garbage in both GoldEd and Mystic, and both are in UTF
 PQ>> environments (of differing vesions of OSs).  Just sayin'...

Well, it/they look better in this environment and with NNTP +Thunderbird.  I
just don't know what will happen when I post the quoted section (just below)
onwards.  They are exactly the things that I re-place/type when the opportunity
presents.

> Al Gore: Well, there’s no doubt, and I’ve said this since the election
that, in physics, there’s a well-known principle: “For every action,
there’s an equal and opposite reaction.” And the reaction to Trump’s
anti-climate extremism is a very powerful new element in the climate movement,
for sure.

 O> don't get me started on Mystic and garbage ... ;)

Ooh!  Cheeky boy!  ;)

 O> I never figured out how I can display UTF-8 text in golded. Is it
 O> possible? Can someone point me to the right configuration?

It ain't easy nor consistent.  Michiel will hint at that on occasion, too.

Cheers,
Paul.

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