Subj : your external editor test of utf-8
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Apr 25 2014 22:24:39

Hello Maurice,

On Friday April 25 2014 15:13, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> But how is my Fidonet message viewer going to know?

 MK> Beats me.

Obviously. The answer is: it can not.

 MK> I already posted here how mine 'knows'.

You have also demonstarted that your method is not infallible.

 MK> It can tell the difference except cannot identify the 8-bit encodings
 MK> other than to 'know' that they are either iso or non-iso.

No, you can't. I presented a message encoded in iso 646 and you classified it as ASCII.

 MK> Those are REALLY the ones that need a CHRS kludge not that they will
 MK> ever get that right given all the abandonware in fidonet.  However
 MK> given this is the UTF-8 echo then it shouldn't be an issue is it?

That the topic for discussion here is "UTF-8 and all that goes with it" does not imply a compulsion to use UTF-8 encoding.

 MvdV>> But you are not on an island

 MK> I live on an island.  They call it Vancouver Island.  :-)

So I got that wrong...

 MvdV>> you are part of a network that is about exchanging messages.

 MK> Understood.  I am probably one of the most compatible - if indeed not
 MK> *thee* most compatible - fidonet system in the world today.

To be compatible wth Fidonet, you have to follow agreed Fidonet standards, not your own private standards.


Cheers, Michiel

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