Subj : openxp chrs
To   : August Abolins
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 22:17:38

Hello August,

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:02:00 -0400, you wrote:

 AA> (BTW.. I purposely did not reflow your quote above. However, it
 AA> should be automatically limited to 79 chars including the
 AA> indent and your quote initials.)

It was within the limits.

 AA> Good question. I would have to run some tests to remind myself
 AA> what it does. But I seem to recall reading somewhere that if an
 AA> original nntp message arrives with utf-8, it will go out with
 AA> the same char-type: utf-8.  The chars in the nntp message
 AA> should not change in the editor if the original arrived as utf-
 AA> 8.

The message I'm replying to had a CHRS: CP437 kludge. So it looks like it is indeed forced. :(

 AA> However, OpenXP does not render all utf-8 chars readable.

It seems it renders only what it can translate to CP437?

 >>    Russian: ? ????? ?????
 >>    Spanish: Próspero Año Nuevo

It looks like what could be preserved in CP437 was passed along, and anything above and beyond that ended up with question marks.

So far I've had success with reading that entire list the best with Thunderbird, but have come close to that (maybe one or two in that list that weren't readable - which could just be the console font I'm using) with slrn, tin, and even Golded on Linux, as well as Claws Mail, Sylpheed, and a couple other random newsreaders I've deleted already on Windows.

 AA> My messages should have the MAILER-ID kludge.  It's Win(32).

Ah yes, I see you have a PID kludge that states it's Win32, whereas mine was in the tearline. Probably just a config setting that makes the difference. I had just noticed your tearline was different than mine.

 AA> Matching the terminal window size with Linux to the one in
 AA> OpenXP would be a good start.  Atleast you will then see any
 AA> free-flow messages full width.

I think if CP437 is forced somewhere along the line, it won't matter whether it's on Linux or Windows.

Regards,
Nick

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