Subj : oxp: UTF-8
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Sat Apr 06 2019 15:02:00

Hello August!

On 05.04.19 at 21:41, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>>> I have Config/Options/MessageReader configured with UTF-8 enabled
 AA>>>> (it's actually the default.

 AA>>>> But UTF-8 chars don't seem to render properly.

 MF>> I've contacted the developer about this and here's what he had to say:

 MF>> ---------- 8< ----------
 MF>> "Depends on the message content and the specified message charset :-)

 MF>> And he also has to configure an appropriate font in the windows
 MF>> console, e.g. "Lucida Console".

 MF>> Here on the Continent we probably have more UTF-8 encoded messages
 MF>> than in GB or in USA, and I think I've pulled the maximum of UTF-8
 MF>> functionality out of OpenXP (which internally still work with MS-DOS
 MF>> Codepage 437 in many areas, as it's roots were in the MS-DOS era of
 MF>> the early nineties).

 MF>> Maybe he can forward the problematic message to me."
 MF>> ---------- 8< ----------

 MF>> Over to you :)


 AA> Sounds good.   I had *not* fiddled with the font offerings in the console
 AA> before all this.  I only played with the screen size.

 AA> My console setting only offers two fonts: True-type Lucinda, or Raster.

 AA> Changed it to Lucinda.

 AA> This was probably the issue!  Maybe this is another matter that would be
 AA> useful in the guide.  For proper Unicode/UTF-8 support, set your Console
 AA> to use a suitable TrueType font."    ?

Yes it would but it may be even better in the online help?

 AA> Some swedish/finnish chars:

 AA>   �,�,�,�,�,�

 AA> Looks ok here.

Looks OK here(I think) in OpenXP(Linux).

 AA> Some danish/norwegian chars:

 AA>   �,�,�,�

 AA> Looks good.

Hmmmmm, dunno if these are OK?

Regards,
Martin

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