Subj : Is Synchronet UTF8 Ready?
To   : Konstantin Kuzov
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Feb 27 2017 17:47:59

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Hey Konstantin!

 KK> Actually, his CHRS kludge is perfectly valid.

But does it matter?  Is there any way to verify it being accurate?  For example if I claim CP866 characters in my message by adding a CHRS that claims it, how do you or anyone else confirm that it indeed contains CP866 and not some other 8 bit codes?

 KK> On contrary, your messages don't contain any information about
 KK> used codepage at all.

echo "Hafa ðu geleafa to lifes frumon; gewuna þar ðu wunodest." | file -
/dev/stdin: UTF-8 Unicode text

:-)

 KK> So don't be surprised when they turns to complete garbage because
 KK> heuristic detection makes a mistake.

That is never the problem with actual utf-8 text.  The problem is when an inferior editor quotes them back.

Life is good,
Maurice

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