-=> Andrew Leary wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 AL> Byte Order Mark.

Thanks. :)

 AL> It is unlikely that native UTF-8 support will be added to any existing
 AL> FidoNet software packages.  Most of them are either abandoned,
 AL> closed-source, or both. GoldED+ is open-source and still maintained,
 AL> but needs a lot of work to support UTF-8 correctly, especially since it
 AL> is still used on OS's which do not support UTF-8, such as DOS and OS/2.

Yes, all of that does complicate things, but perhaps someone will write open
source clones of popular editors that will at least run on UTF-8 compliant OSs.
:)
... Lettin' the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than puttin' it in.
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