Subj : Re: UTF-8 Characters
To   : Shaun Buzza
From : g00r00
Date : Sun Apr 03 2022 07:05 pm

 SB> From this McNoob's point of view, it seems like Synchro and Mystic aren't
 SB> agreeing on which format to communicate with...

I do have a solution for that, but I think there always is going to be some issue with various codepages and UTF8 only because they cannot always convert between each other.

For example a UTF8 message using cyrillic cannot convert almost any ASCII codepage other than couple that are specifically designed for it.  So when you are in say a US DOS codepage and there is cyrillic you can't do much about it.

I do have some better translations in the pipeline but at the end of the day you just end up with a ? ASCII instead of a UTF8 cyrillic when it cannot convert.

I don't think its an issue with compatibility between Synchronet and Mystic per se, although there is a lot of work to be done there by just about everything in the FidoNet space especially those of us centric to CP437/850.

Like I said, I have some working proofs here but I want a good stable release before I start messing with the display engine since that can totally fubar a BBS if its buggy.  I've also considering just spinning off a 1.50 release and keeping 1.12 for fixes and minor features.

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