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Subject: Re: 8 bits in citations (Was: Re: sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus?)
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Mats L=F6fdahl <lofdahl@sag.space.lockheed.com> writes:

> > Why should "L\\vfdahl" be displayed as "L=F6fdahl"?
>=20
> Because my name is L=F6fdahl and Wesley's software (and other software
> too, I have noticed) chose to represent it as L\\vfdahl (see his
> message).  The "v" is an "=F6" where the eighth bit has been zeroed, and
> I guess the two backslashes is an escape sequence that should tell you
> that that is what has happened.

Right.  I haven't seen that kind of encoding before.  What's it
called?=20

The normal 7-bit representation of "L=F6fdahl" (with ISO-646-SE) is
"L|fdahl", I think.

--=20
  "Yes.  The journey through the human heart=20
     would have to wait until some other time."