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  • Still seeing odd character translations in IRC

    From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 20:34:17
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/649

    ![image](https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/uploads/09cc960774b38542c15e0ad3d9997944/image.png)

    [17:30] <martylake> I don’t remember my password for vert :disappointed:

    ~~~
    root@bbs:/var/log/sbbs# echo "[17:30] <martylake> I don’t remember my password for vert :("|hexdump -C
    00000000 5b 31 37 3a 33 30 5d 20 3c 6d 61 72 74 79 6c 61 |[17:30] <martyla| 00000010 6b 65 3e 20 49 20 64 6f 6e e2 80 99 74 20 72 65 |ke> I don...t re| 00000020 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 6d 79 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f |member my passwo| 00000030 72 64 20 66 6f 72 20 76 65 72 74 20 3a 28 0a |rd for vert :(.| ~~~
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 02:15:06
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/649#note_4260

    That's UTF-8 encoded UNICODE: https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2019/index.htm
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 19:14:36
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/649#note_4261

    Problem solved. The Microsoft YaHei font is messing around with stuff. I changed to Ariel and it seems fix it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 19:14:36
    close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/649
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
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