Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!umich!ox.com!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: New USENET header: Language Message-ID: <_2B+P*A@b-tech.uucp> Date: 29 Dec 90 15:38:33 GMT References: <1990Dec28.075053.2780@intacc.uucp> Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 19 >articles often include text from one article in English, with a reply >in French. Having a Lanuage header would restrict each article to one >specific language, and this would break down in the face of bilingual >postings. How about allowing "Language: English/French" in the header? As I see it, the language header would be an advisory thing that allows readers (or sites) to avoid articles they can't read. >However, escape codes in the body seem to be kind of a problem >to me (writing from my adm3a terminal :-) - now what? This is a completely different issue (char sets). Your system would do a best fit translation from the char set of the article to the char set of your terminal. -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us