Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:49:00 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting multiple BSDs. Message-ID: <20201116124900.be157ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <202011161116.0AGBGgLt001902@r56.edvax.de> References: <fecab1ac1f5589d9f2122ae2c37edfac@riseup.net> <cmu-lmtpd-1514294-1605257963-2@sloti22d2t03> <3c5506c0-9727-4773-43c9-5afe9767ad9f@xsmail.com> <202011161116.0AGBGgLt001902@r56.edvax.de>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:45:01 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > > > Harry Weaver > > > > -- > > > �\200⣴� �� �⢶⣦� \2_ONE(0.00 > > > > ⣾� \201� � \222� \200⣿�\201 Debian - The universal operating system > > > > ⢿�\204� \230� �� \232� \213� \200 https://www.debian.org > > > � \210� ��\204� \200� \200� \200� \200 > > > > What are those strange characters in the footer of your message, after the "--" line? I can't read them as anything rational: look like hexadecimal codes. > > > Those look correct here -- ascii-like debian logo -- even in console (vt with > > terminus font), are you using non-UTF-8-capable MUA yet? > > Now with a less-outdated version of NetBSD and less-outdated version of Xorg, I get better, though I still don't see any fancy Debian logo: looks like > > â¢â£´â ¾â »â¢¶â£¦â > ⣾â ⢠â â ⣿⡠Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿â¡â â ·â â â https://www.debian.org > â > which is not what I'm running now. Looks like there is still more than one 2-to-1 byte mangling involved, possibly crossing encoding borders. If you have further questions, ask Senior Lampampatilde-Ampamsuppez who lives in Schlatildefracterstrasse, Berlin... ;-) The original message declares UTF-8 correctly, and also _uses_ UFT-8 encoded symbols in the signature. The following drawing should be visible: ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ ⠈⠳⣄ If there is some back-and-forth nonsense ISO-8859-1 <-> UTF-8 and maybe some HTML guessing (some web mailers tend to do this in order to "help"), useless multibyte sequences appear that do no longer correspond to the originally used symbols. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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