lawhorn@optis31.uucp (Jeff Lawhorn) (06/14/89)
I'm interested in modifying Telnet (vt100) to support 8bit international character sets. If any one out there has done this work or can make any suggestions in this area, please let me know. Telnet seems to use the upper 32 characters for server/client control information. -- Jeff Lawhorn lawhorn@opti opti!lawhorn@berick.uucp ucsd!sdsu!berick!opti!lawhorn
PADLIPSKY@A.ISI.EDU (Michael Padlipsky) (06/20/89)
As I recall, the [*] design intent of <IAC> was to allow for alien character sets in the usual fashion: if you want an <IAC> in the stream, double it; otherwise (i.e., an <IAC> NOT followed or preceded by an <IAC>), it gets interpreted. But, then, that was a long time ago and if history is any guide some key implementations will have ignored that precept and won't interoperate it you try to apply it.... cheers, map [*] At least one other attendee of the relevant meeting told me five or six years later that it was my design intent; even if it was (and I'm inclined to accept it), though, presumably nobody these days cares much about design/ designer intentions, so pay it no more mind than is customary. -------