Subj : appearances are decieving
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Tue Jun 12 2018 14:56:30

Hallo Richard!

 RM> What exactly do you mean?

Nothing like a real life example to make the point;

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

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

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

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

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

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

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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