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Hey August!
NB> :read !trans -b -no-ansi -t japanese "Strong like bull, smart like
NB> tractor."
NB> 雄牛のように強く、トラクターのように賢い。
AA> The japanese one did not render.
Maybe so but at least your editor didn't grunge them like most 8-bit fido
editors do. I can't render them either given that there is no terminal based
fonts for Japanese ... or Chinese for that matter. With terminal fonts there
is a 512 character limit as things stand today. Far more than is needed for
most languages. To render Japanese a gui app with the right fonts will be
needed. I am not sure if there are any terminals in xorg that can handle CJK
fonts but maybe. I am guessing that Firefox might be a viable alternative.
I have a status line for vim running in a linux terminal that shows me the
unicode when I place the cursor under the character in question. For example
it shows the first charater as U+96C4 which seems reasonable. I could look
them up at http://www.unicode.org/charts/ which does render the actual
character in a pdf which is viewable on the linux terminal. Given that I am
left to ponder the possibility of a graphical interface for fidonet if and
when this ever becomes a real issue.
Life is good,
Maurice
-o -o o- o-
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^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Heald hordlocan, hyge fæste bind mid modsefan.
Hold close the treasure-chest, bind your thoughts fast within the heart.
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