Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:22:05 +0200 (UKR) From: Sergey Shkonda <serg@bcs1.bcs.zaporizhzhe.ua> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch to talk client Message-ID: <199510130722.AA01883@bcs1.bcs.zaporizhzhe.ua> In-Reply-To: <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Oct 12, 95 10:51:00 am
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> > > > > There are patch to talk client for support 8-bit > > talking (for example in russian language) > > I don't understand the need for a translation table. If the talkers > on both ends are using the same 8 bit character set (ie: KOI-8), then > as long as their displays display the characters they type as themselves, > a translation table should be unnecessary. If the talkers on both ends are using not same character set (ie: KOI-8 and cp866) then translation table should be very nessesary (cp866 used when many machines under MSDOS connected to local net. > > The 8-bit cleanliness should go in; the translation table should not. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- Sergey Shkonda, serg@bcs1.bcs.zaporizhzhe.ua
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