From Newsgroup: alt.fan.usenet
On 03/03/24 7:36 am,
floffy@gallaxial.com wrote:
It is ASCII ! usenet originally is TEXT ASCII CHR
On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:58:09 GMT, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> wrote:
On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 14:47:24 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> >> wrote in <ucvhtr$esg2$1@dont-email.me>:
On text Usenet, we post in plain text, and when writing in English, we use >>> ASCII. Why? ASCII is universal. ASCII is never mistranslated by anybody's >>> newsreader.
("TINW". ;) (But this post is only 7-bit.)
I'm not sure, but there might be an RFC expanding on that
definition to include usage of UTF-8...and indeed,
one GNKSAI newsreader (pan) includes the
ability to insert an emoji in its editor.
Wrote about this back in March in alt.fan.usenet:
Message-ID: <pan$c9574$eaa8c0ab$897a78a7$8b3cb66@vallor.earth>
One can also use emojis on an xfce4-terminal. I think most modern terminals >> will render them. The Linux tool "gnome characters" is helpful for
copying emojis to the clipboard, if your newsreader is older.
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That is a very Anglo-centric perspective. ASCII is fine, but UTF-8
support is necessary, not just for emojis, but other character sets and languages as well.
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