MV> A relic from the early days of computing when resources were scarce MV> and expensive. Barely affordable for the grunt sysop. But that was MV> three decades ago....
I quite agree. Unfortunately, it appears that this will not change anytime soon.
AL>> MakeNL_NG 3.3.6 and later do have an OPTION "Allow8Bit" AL>> which can be used to allow 8-bit characters. It is disabled by AL>> default, in compliance with the current standard.
MV> Thank you for following my suggestion and so at least offering the MV> option of breaking with this antiquated restraint.
Personally, I think getting everyone upgraded to allow -Unpublished- without Pvt is a higher priority, but at this point maybe we will be able to allow both of these options to be enabled at the same time.