On 03 Mar. 2024 10:08, you wrote to August:

typical FTN message readers/editors are simply not the right tool
when needing to communicate in Hebrew.

I'd add all human based languages including english.

Ftn is a quirky network primary designed to support English. Nothing wrong with that. Along comes ftn<->nntp to facilitate utf-8; and combined with having dedicated echoes for specific languages, that can be fine - case in point, UTF-8 and ESP.ARGENTINA echos. Nothing wrong with that. People simply learn to use the tools and methods that suits them best.

Anyhow, thanks for all the input. I've honestly learned much from this even though it went nowhere fast.

:D



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On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 00:53:26 GMT
"Maurice Kinal -> August Abolins" <2989@7001.153.1> wrote:

Hey August!

So.. you're saying the 80char limit sucks?

No.

However CP437 obviosuly sucks no matter how many characters. You can keep it.

Yeah.. it sucks for Hebrew. But then, typical FTN message readers/editors are simply not the right tool when needing to communicate in Hebrew. ;)

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Hey August!

typical FTN message readers/editors are simply not the right tool
when needing to communicate in Hebrew.

I'd add all human based languages including english.

Anyhow, thanks for all the input. I've honestly learned much from this even though it went nowhere fast.

Life is good,
Maurice

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