-={ lundi, mars 30 2015, 06:24:57 -0700 }=-

Hey Kees!

 KvE> Unfortunately many sysops are here for nastalgic reasons, using
 KvE> nostalgic OS'ses and nostalgic software.

If true then they'll be using ascii.  No?  :::evil grin:::

 KvE> So UTF-8 is ok, as long as you stick to the first 127 codepoints.

If you meant to say that the first 127 codepoints are all 7-bit corresponding
to the *true* ascii codes then utf-8 does indeed work, along with most 8-bit
codepages.  The advantage utf-8 has over ALL 8-bit codepages is that utf-8 can
handle multiple languages within a single document as demontrated by the
message (subject: test 50 utf-8 character wordwrap, MSGID: 1:153/7001.0
55186483) posted in this echo.

A piece of cake.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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