Subj : UTF-8 nodelist report
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Jan 25 2020 19:55:07

On 25/01/2020 11:18 a.m., Michiel van der Vlist wrote:


 MvdV> If looks OK if you view it with a viewer configured for UTF-8.

Ah.. yes.  I was taking things for granted here and using a couple of
rudimentary DOS/Win text editors to view the raw nodelist at first.  But
Notepad++ and Texmaker are much better and provide charset changes.


 MvdV> Let me explain.

 MvdV> 1) For $reasons Bjorn does not participate..
 MvdV> 2) He nevertheless insists..
 MvdV> 3) He also insists that every sysop should..

[snippity snip snip]

Thanks.  I have to process that for a little while before I put my
/other/ foot in my mouth.  LOL


 MvdV> 4) For regions participating in the UTF-8 nodelist project the
 MvdV> procedure is as follows:

[snip]

Sounds simple enough.  Maybe I'll dare to ask some more stupid
questions.  LOL

If the rule/policy is ASCII for the standard nodelist (and according to
FTSC-0005 it appears to be so), then clearly the 2:203/208 is invalid
and should be stripped from publication until corrected. ?  Simple.


 MvdV> 8) The line for 2:2/2 is not derived from a file submitted by
 MvdV> the RC, but originates directly from the ZCs system. Therefore
 MvdV> this line contains proper UTF-8.

Nice. That is good!


 MvdV> I hope this clearifies things...

It has.  I appreciate it!



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