On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 02:12:28PM +0100, abs@purplei.com wrote:
> 	Currently fmt strips any characters with high bits.
> 	This makes is pretty much useless for formatting (or centering :)
> 	european text with accented characters and suchlike. Its made
> 	harder by the fact you may be exchanging email or working with
> 	a file that has been sent by someone ina different locale.
> 
> 	Some options:
> 	      - Apply attached patch to allows characters > 127.
> 	      - Allow characters > 127 via option ('-8'?)
> 	      - Do nothing.
> 
> 	What do people think?

- implement switchable CTYPEs.

e.g., >127 might be right for CP850, but is wrong for iso-8859-$N, at last
for N==1.

Regards,
	Ignatios