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The MM_NETWORK_CHARSET parameter in the interactive menu of Tin 2.6.3
contains the following entries, in this order:

1. KOI8-RU
2. KOI8-R

The standard and widely supported KOI8-R encoding is listed after
its much rare derivative, which may confuse the user as did me,
because even we Russians are hardly unaware of KOI8-RU. When I first
saw it in tin, I thought it was a sort of prettified name for KOI8-R,
intended to emphasize its relation to the RUssian language. But I
learned better when the NNPT server rejected my article on the
ground of an invalid charset.

May I propose that the order of these entries in the interactive
menu be reversed, and the standard KOI8-R encoding placed first?
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Anton Shepelev wrote:

May I propose that the order of these entries in the interactive
menu be reversed, and the standard KOI8-R encoding placed first?

The manpage states which charsetrs are available as mm_network_charset.
If there ever will be a change in the order exotics like KOI8-* would go
the end and UTF-8 would be moved forward. but it's more likely that
other charsets than US-ASCII and UTF-8 will be dropped. so: no.
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Urs Janssen <urs@buil.tin.org> wrote:

Anton Shepelev wrote:

May I propose that the order of these entries in the interactive
menu be reversed, and the standard KOI8-R encoding placed first?

The manpage states which charsetrs are available as mm_network_charset.
If there ever will be a change in the order exotics like KOI8-* would go
the end and UTF-8 would be moved forward.

You misunderstood: I meant only to swap the /relative/ positions of
KOI-RU and KOI8-R, so that the standard and widely supported encoding
KOI8-R should go before the less standard and rarely supported
KOI8-RU. Of course, neither of them should be at the head of the
list.

but it's more likely that other charsets than US-ASCII and
UTF-8 will be dropped. so: no.

Then Tin will become useless with Russian FidoNet echoes gated
through NNTP.
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