MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 28957cc0
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PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)
CHRS: ASCII 1
TZUTC: -0500
Hello Maurice!

 >> Currently using Lucinda Console TTF

 MK> That shouldn't mess with the actual codes stored within the message.  If
 MK> it does then you have a crippled terminal.  Even an old abandonware DOS
 MK> editor will honour the codes despite the fact it cannot reproduce the
 MK> proper charaters for display purposes.  My best guess is that OpenXP has
 MK> issues that have nothing to do with your choice in fonts.  On the plus
 MK> side it is in good company, msged and golded come to mind.

I seem to remember being able to "activate" a Latvian-keyboard on my Win98  
system, and then.. via simple Alt-[key] presses get the desired umlaut  
version for the letters I needed.  That was all done in a terminal of sorts  
with Frontdoor editor, no problem.

But since XP, that keyboard selection is nolonger available.

I asked chatgpt..

"Latvian uses several Baltic-specific characters (a e i u c g k l n s z), so  
you need a Baltic code page or Unicode. Here are the correct options, by  
platform:

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## ? Best / Modern (Recommended)

### UTF-8 (Unicode)

* Fully supports Latvian
* Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS)
* Standard for files, terminals, web, email

?? If you have a choice, use UTF-8.

---

## ?? Windows (legacy / non-Unicode)

### Windows-1257 - *Baltic*

* ?? Full Latvian support
* ?? Most common legacy Windows encoding for Latvian
* Used by older Windows apps and files

---

## ?? ISO encodings

### ISO-8859-13 - *Baltic Rim*

* ?? Full Latvian support
* Preferred ISO encoding for Baltic languages

### ISO-8859-4 - *Baltic*

* ?? Partial / outdated
* Some Latvian letters missing or inconsistently mapped
* Not recommended

---

## ?? DOS / Console (very old systems)

### IBM Code Page 775 (CP775) - *Baltic DOS*

* ?? Supports Latvian
* Used in DOS-era Baltic systems

?? Not supported well in modern terminals.

---

## ? Does NOT fully support Latvian

* Windows-1252 (Western European)
* ISO-8859-1
* ASCII

These are missing several Latvian letters (g k l n).

---

## Summary table

| Encoding         | Latvian support | Notes           |
| ---------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| UTF-8            | ? Full          | Best choice     |
| Windows-1257     | ? Full          | Legacy Windows  |
| ISO-8859-13      | ? Full          | Best ISO option |
| ISO-8859-4       | ?? Partial      | Obsolete        |
| CP775            | ? Full          | DOS only        |
| CP1252           | ? No            | Missing letters |

---

If you tell me where you're using this (Windows CMD, PowerShell, Linux
terminal, GPG, batch files, old DOS software, etc.), I can recommend the
exact code page or command to set it correctly."

-- 
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