Subj : ANSI & ASCII w/ Golded
To   : Accession
From : deon
Date : Wed Dec 13 2023 12:42 pm

  Re: ANSI & ASCII w/ Golded
  By: Accession to deon on Tue Dec 12 2023 06:18 pm

Howdy,

 >  d> This may be a kludge CHRS related issue - or that golded cant display
 >  d> high ansi?
 >
 > Yes, both. ;)

Just so that I know that I'm using the correct term - high ansi is above 128 (and below 256) right?

 >  d> (I recall that when messages have "UTF-8 4", depending on the reader
 >  d> high ansi messages dont display well - but havent looked further than
 >  d> that.)
 >
 > That's because ANSI should definitely not be posted with a "UTF-8 4" CHRS
 > kludge. ANSI should be posted with a CP437 CHRS kludge. Most telnet/terminal
 > programs default to CP437 *and* support ANSI. Golded only does one of the
 > two (supports CP437, but doesn't support ANSI).

Hmm... Maybe I should parse the message and force it back to CP437 if there is nothing about UTF-8 about it. (For this case, havent seen the original message to see if it was UTF-8).


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