Hi Maurice,

 It looks good in Thunderbird, but it will probably get
 mangled on the way back. ;((

On 06/12/2018 04:56 PM, Maurice Kinal -> Richard Menedetter wrote:
 MK> Hallo Richard!

 RM>> What exactly do you mean?

 MK> Nothing like a real life example to make the point;

 MK> -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' starts }=-
 MK> UTF-8 messaging can be fun for the whole family, especially Fidonet.

 MK> Case in point is when you find squirrels in your pants and lack a
 MK> suitable search for a solution within the Fidonet family.  With UTF-8
 MK> enabled then one could send a single message with, "I've got squirrels
 MK> in my pants", "Jag har ekorrar i mina byxor", "У меня в штанах
белка",
 MK> "Έχω σκίουροι στο παντελόνι μου" and "Ich habe
Eichhörnchen in meiner
 MK> Hose", within a single message which covers five languages thus vastly
 MK> increasing your coverage when searching for a solution to this most
 MK> perplexing situation.

 MK> So, what are you waiting for?  Enable UTF-8 Fidonet text messaging today
 MK> and join in on the fun.
 MK> -={ ':read ~/docs/squirrels.utf8' ends }=-

 MK> Note that I have turned on the CHRS kludge.  I am betting it won't make
 MK> a difference to your editor.

 RM>> I am using it daily and it works just fine within the scope of the
 RM>> implementation.

 MK> Whose implimentation?  Anyhow I enabled the CHRS kludge to FTSC specs,
 MK> so if that is to be the acceptable measurement of implimentation, then a
 MK> modern golded should have no issues with this test.  There is even some
 MK> LATIN1 in there but good luck converting the entire text to any 8-bit
 MK> encoding including LATIN-1 whatever that really is.  :::evil grin:::

 MK> Het leven is goed,
 MK> Maurice

 MK> .. Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
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