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Document: FSC-0050
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Version: 001
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Date: 14-Jul-90
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A Character Set Identifier For FidoNet Message Editors
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Draft I
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Thomas Sundblom
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2:201/114@fidonet
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Status of this document:
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This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
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and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
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Distribution of this document is unlimited.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
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Software.
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Purpose
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This document should serve as a guide for the character set
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identifier, CHARSET hereafter, format for FidoNet message Editors.
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The purpose behind CHARSET is related to my attempt to make it
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easier for each reader of a FidoNet message to identify the
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characters used in the messages.
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Since FidoNet messages aren't restricted to use any special character
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sets in the messages, there will be differences between computer
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kinds and special country dependent characters. To avoid confusion
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in such cases, I'm hereby introducing the CHARSET kludge.
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There is no need that each FidoNet Message reader should be able
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to understand every possible character set. If the reader can't
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handle the special character set found in a message, then it should
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use a default character set (as most readers do today).
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Format
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^aCHARSET: <Character set identifier>
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Sample
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^aCHARSET: ISO-11
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Would identify that the message is written using the ISO-11
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character set, which relates to the character set mainly used
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in Sweden.
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Supported character sets
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No special character set is specified, but it is recomended to
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use the ISO numbering of the different character sets. Where no
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ISO number is available, an easy to understand code should by used.
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Character set identifier examples
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ISO-6 Relates to plain ASCII 7 bit character set.
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ISO-11 Swedish character set, 7 bit.
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ISO-21 Germany character set, 7 bit.
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ISO-69 French character set, 7 bit.
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Other character set identifiers could be
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PC-8 IBM PC complete character set.
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ATARI ATARI ST complete character set
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AMIGA AMIGA complete character set
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