Subj : two for one
To   : August Abolins
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Mar 08 2021 04:03:32

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Hey August!

 AA> It seems to have absolutely no trouble with utf-8.

No surprise here.  I've had this working with fidonet for at least 8 years now.  Now with the vim commandline and trans as you've have helped to confirm.

  :read !trans -b -no-ansi -s latvian -t english "Daudz baltu dieniņu, Laimiņa dodi, Diženi raženi, Dzīvojoti\!"
   Lots of white days, Happy Happiness, Great Fruit, Lived!

I had to escape the exclaimation mark at the end.  How accurate was this result?

Life is good,
Maurice

.... Sceal æghwylc mon alætan lændagas.
    Every man will have to relinquish the days loaned to him.
--- GNU bash, version 5.1.4(1)-release (x86_64-motorshed-linux-gnu)
 * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)

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