On 03/30/15, Maurice Kinal said the following...
 
 MK>  AI> So I'm hoping I can also do that with those BBS files so they
 MK>  AI> look as expected utf-8 or not.
 MK> 
 MK> glibc's iconv is the way to go but then one has to ensure that the
 MK> characters in question can be converted to the targetted user's terminal
 MK> capabilities. For example for cp437 encoded line/box drawing characters
 MK> to a utf-8 terminal the conversion would be, "iconv -f cp437 -t uft8",
 MK> and outputted to the client app.  Apache has a module for iconv that
 MK> converts encodings on the fly based on the client's requirements rather
 MK> than the host's.  A properly written BBS could do the same.  It is
 MK> doable.

I just converted a file to utf-8 and it looks good on my console. So I think
I have some work to do.. :)

 MK> Speaking for myself, I avoid line/box drawing characters as a rule and
 MK> just send the text.  

I do too.. but the BBS has some built in stuff, like lines above and below
this reply that just look fugly when I'm in utf-8 mode. Hopefully I can get
that all looking better.

 MK> I figure if someone wants/needs line/box drawing 
 MK> characters then the client's end is the best place to add such things.  
 MK> No?

Agreed, I'll just try to make that as easy and compatible as I can.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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