Hello mark,

On Fri Feb 10 2017 20:35:06, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> You say potato, etc..

 ml> yes and no... it is really easy to understand though...

I understand it just fine, though you seem to want to continue to teach me
something I already know. :)

 ml> of course not... their glyphs are different than latin glyphs... this
 ml> is really simple when looking at the old school way... there are

Therein lies the problem from my standpoint. I've used CP437 (and still do
when it comes to the BBS itself) and all it's limitations. Besides
displaying ANSI graphics on my BBS to callers using ANSI capable terminal
programs, I'm over the "old school way" when it comes to
messaging. There should be no limitations whatsoever. One should be able to
read and write whatever they desire. I went ahead and made that possible
for myself. If others don't care to do so, that's their choice.

 ml> because it depends also on what his OS can display... what i mean by
 ml> this is that he has to be able to load the OS with the needed code
 ml> page to view them correctly but if he does that, he'll lose all the
 ml> normal latin glyphs... switching to UTF-8 on the OS will alleviate

In this case (as well as many others) I don't think the OS has anything to
do with it. He's using Windows 10, which has the capabilities to use
anything he would be so inclinded to use for his own purposes. It's the
antique FTN software that is holding people back.

A lot of people choose to move on with their OS as they are released, but
then get upset when their software from the 80s doesn't continue to work.
Had the developers of that 80s software still been around today, they would
have and could have updated it to reflect new technology in modern OSes.

With that said, I don't fault anyone for using what they choose to use.
Whatever floats your boat and works best for you, by all means stick with
it. However, I've chosen to make changes in order to accomplish things I've
wanted to accomplish, and am okay with the fact that it may or may not work
on other's systems.

Regards,
Nick

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