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Cross-platform support for non-ascii languages

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From: Ian McFarland
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 19:57
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Would anyone happen to know how Windows 3.1 Code Page 1250 maps to ISO and
Macintosh? I would be interested in discussing issues related to this
further.

Cross-platform support for non-ascii languages appears to be practically
non-existent at the present moment. (Is there something I'm missing here?)
Sadly this makes communication in non-ascii-based languages difficult/ugly,
or keeps it paper-bound. All of the Czech-language mailing lists I
subscribe to use ascii only, which is really pretty sad, as I'm sure you
will agree.

The internet provides some support for different character sets, but not
many people seem to use it. (Most mail programs don't seem to support it at
all. Are there any that do?)

Thanks in advance,
-Ian McFarland
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Subject: Cross-platform support for non-ascii languages
Date: 15 Dec 1993 20:57:06 +0100
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