Subj : UTF8->CP437
To   : Cj
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Apr 16 2024 11:42:42

 C> Arcturus’ high proper motion will alter the shape of Boötes over 
 C> the next few thousand years. Its name derives from the expression 
 C> “Guardian of the Bear” because it trails Ursa Major, the Big Bear.

Maybe this doesn't affect some BBSes that support UTF-8 but on my CP437-only (DOS) system it doesn't handle some of the characters in these posts.

If you are interested, I use a small Python script to convert UTF-8 text files for CP437 for display on my BBS, included below.  I have it in my home directory and call it like: ~/utf8tocp437.py in.txt out.txt

Thanks for posting!


Chris/akacastor


## utf8tocp437.py starts below ##

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import codecs, sys

try:
    infile, outfile = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
except IndexError:
    sys.stderr.write('usage: %s input_file output_file\n' % sys.argv[0])
    sys.exit(1)

textfile = codecs.open(infile, encoding='utf-8').read()
codecs.open(outfile, 'w', encoding='cp437', errors='ignore').write(textfile)

## end utf8tocp437.py ##


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