Subj : Re: codepage
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Chris Jacobs
Date : Tue Feb 28 2023 01:54 am

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Rob Swindell <=-

 MvV> Hello Rob,

 MvV> On Sunday February 26 2023 22:11, you wrote to me:

 >> > But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote replying
 >> to an UTF-8 encoded > message...  And this reply is being written using
 >> a UTF-8 terminal.

 RS> And this reply is being written using a UTF-8 terminal with some
 RS> actual non-ASCII characters:

 MvV> All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the
 MvV> degree character '°' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the
 MvV> last message it is also present in the message test before the "--"
 MvV> (two dashes).

 RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0°F, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches
 RS> rain/24hrs

 MvV> Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I think
 MvV> it is more logical to look at the entire message including header,
 MvV> footer en origin lines to determine the encoding.

 MvV> Other than that: my comment was on Chris' message that was a
 MvV> quote-reply to my message. He quoted the UTF-8 encoded text but the
 MvV> reply was in CP437 thereby messing up the quote.

Your message was not entirely UTF-8. It contained a legacy ö
That caused Notepad Kladblok to interpret all of it as legacy.

 MvV> Chris seems to have a preference for doing away with "legacy"
 MvV> encodings, so I was a bit surprised that his reply was encoded in CP437
 MvV> instead of UTF-8.


 MvV> Cheers, Michiel

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