From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 12 11:51:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA25076 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:51:48 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA25066 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:51:15 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA19994 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:45:01 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Thu, 12 Oct 95 22:45:00 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by ache.dialup.demos.ru (8.6.11/8.6.9) id VAA02257; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:44:16 +0300 To: Sergey Shkonda , Terry Lambert Cc: eugen@zgik.zaporizhzhe.ua, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert at Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:51:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:44:16 +0300 (MSK) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.40 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: Patch to talk client Lines: 24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 966 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com> Terry Lambert writes: >> >> 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. I think better use the same code table on both ends than insert various conversion tables into each interactive client. >The 8-bit cleanliness should go in; the translation table should not. Talk already *is* 8bit clean. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849