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  • Encodings according to fts-5003.001

    From Nil Alexandrov@1:16/101 to Rob Swindell on Saturday, February 24, 2024 19:55:20
    Hello, Rob!

    Saturday February 24 2024 15:43, from Rob Swindell -> Nil Alexandrov:

    Your default charset may vary from CP437 AKA ASCII, AKA AMIGA,
    CP850 AKA
    (albeit FTS-5003.001 says ASCII),
    AKA CP437.
    I'm sure others will correct you too, but ASCII is *not* AKA CP437.

    My bad, CP437 AKA extended-ASCII. I actually like this topic of different encoding according to fts-5003. IMHO, the supported level field of CHRS kludge is pretty much useless and might be ignored by software cause the identifier aka charset name itself includes the details of how it is sent over the wire. BTW, can we do UTF-16? UTF-32? Level makes no sense.

    Best Regards, Nil
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5
    * Origin: KC1GSH (1:16/101)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Nil Alexandrov on Saturday, February 24, 2024 17:28:08
    Re: Encodings according to fts-5003.001
    By: Nil Alexandrov to Rob Swindell on Sat Feb 24 2024 07:55 pm

    Hello, Rob!

    Saturday February 24 2024 15:43, from Rob Swindell -> Nil Alexandrov:

    Your default charset may vary from CP437 AKA ASCII, AKA AMIGA,
    CP850 AKA
    (albeit FTS-5003.001 says ASCII),
    AKA CP437.
    I'm sure others will correct you too, but ASCII is *not* AKA CP437.

    My bad, CP437 AKA extended-ASCII. I actually like this topic of different encoding according to fts-5003. IMHO, the supported level field of CHRS kludge is pretty much useless and might be ignored by software cause the identifier aka charset name itself includes the details of how it is sent over the wire. BTW, can we do UTF-16? UTF-32? Level makes no sense.

    Indeed, Synchronet/SBBSecho igores the "level" part of the FTN CHRS kludge value and there's been no apparent harm. :-)

    I don't think UTF-16 or UTF-32 is supported in FTN. Nor should it be, IMHO.
    --
    digital man (rob)

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Rob Swindell on Sunday, February 25, 2024 08:31:39
    Hello Rob,

    On Saturday February 24 2024 17:28, you wrote to Nil Alexandrov:

    I don't think UTF-16 or UTF-32 is supported in FTN. Nor should it be, IMHO.

    UTF-16 and UTF-32 have NULL bytes in the encoded stream. This conflicts with the use of the NULL byte as the "end of text" in Fidonet.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Meten is weten, testen is verpesten (2:280/5555)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sunday, February 25, 2024 01:11:10
    Re: Encodings according to fts-5003.001
    By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Sun Feb 25 2024 08:31 am

    Hello Rob,

    On Saturday February 24 2024 17:28, you wrote to Nil Alexandrov:

    I don't think UTF-16 or UTF-32 is supported in FTN. Nor should it be, IMHO.

    UTF-16 and UTF-32 have NULL bytes in the encoded stream. This conflicts with the use of the NULL byte as the "end of text" in Fidonet.

    Indeed.
    --
    digital man (rob)

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)