-={ fredag, 22 april 2016, 17:26:35.146286082 +0200 }=-

Hey Holger!

 HG> Todays CP437 is the same as PC8.

Let's see;

  :read !grep 'PC8' /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules
alias CSPC8CODEPAGE437// IBM437//
alias CSPC850MULTILINGUAL// IBM850//
alias CSPC862LATINHEBREW// IBM862//

Are the above aliases the same?  I am guessing PC8 is CSPC8CODEPAGE437.  Also
CP437 is an alias for IBM437 as well so it makes sense.  Looks to me like there
are other encodings for *PC8*.

 HG> CP850 (Multilingual), adds some more umlaut and accented
 HG> characters, but does also reduce the number of graphic, (line
 HG> dawing) "characters".

I've never had a use for line drawing characters in text messaging.  I cannot
recall the last time I used them in any type of output to be quite honest. 
Seems to me that I can easily live without them.  How about you?  Also CP850
has the ø character (0x9b) which is quite nice.  However utf8 still wins hands
down no matter what 8-bit character set you care to throw into the fray.  It
also has line drawing characters including ones never seen before in 8-bit
character sets ... not that it matters to me.

 HG> Re-discover CP437.

I'll pass.  I never had a use for it when it was all the rage way back when.  I
have lived just fine without it and find it EXTREMELY annoying on BBS's when it
is the default for their so-called ansi graphics.

Life is good,
Maurice

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