[aprssig] Please, standardize UTF-8 for APRS

[Keith VE7GDH]

Hessu OH7LZB wrote...

> Well, maybe it was sent as Unicode encoded in UTF-8, but Unicode isn't
> always UTF-8. UTF-8 is just one encoding of Unicode...

The dialogue box choices were something like send as Unicode (however
if the recipient's email reader doesn't support Unicode, the message may
not display properly), or send as is (in the default character set but
any text not in the default character set may be unreadable by the
recipient) or cancel. After allowing it to go out in Unicode, I checked
the message properties and my email client indicated that it was
actually UTF-8.

> Here's a nice little article on the matter. There are some factual
> errors, since it's a bit old, but it gets the point through pretty
> well.        www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

"The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively
Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)"

I like the title. I'm not a programmer, but I'll read it. Ummm... can
you actually get 6 months worth of onions on a submarine? hi!

73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
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