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fortune!rpw3    May  5 00:07:00 1984

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| ***** fortune:net.micro.hp / inmet!bhyde /  9:08 pm  Apr 19, 1984
| On the topic of the thinkjet...
|             				ben.
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On the topic of strange control characters in postings and in "Subject:"
lines, which seems to come up every so often,...
<<FLAME ON!!>>

			DON'T!!

The terminal I use happens to obey the NAPLPS codes for alternate
character sets.  Halfway through the "Subject:" of your article,
it goes all Cyrillic (sp?) and/or Greek on me (<SO> or "set G2" or
something), AND STAYS THAT WAY!.

<<AFTERBURNERS ON FULL!!>>
...and until your article expires, everytime I see the index page for this
group my terminal will go funny, WHICH IS EVERY TIME I READ THE GROUP!
It is not fun to have to carefully advance to the next article or group,
drop into a shell, type "tset", and pray that there were no fatal typos,
all while typing blind. (I am not a touch typist.) Should I just give up
for two weeks?

Everyone should realize that there are NO control characters except
newline and tab (NOT EVEN FORM-FEED! which clears my screen) that
are universally safe to use.

<<FLAME OFF>>

Thank you.

Rob Warnock

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