>>>> However, almost all message editors comply to it, so that's >>>> common practice. SH>>> Maybe if you only include message editors specifically written SH>>> for FidoNet rather than all message editors. AV>> Obviously, yes: all other message editors are out-of-scope here. ml> really? what about all the new *nix based systems that use nano ml> or vi
They are generic text editors, not message editors.
ml> or even emacs
Really? They finally created a text editor for it?
ml> for their users' message editor?
The use of a text editor to compose messages (like I do with vim) doesn't make that text editor a message editor.
ml> at least they can write and display UTF-8...
Never used that until beginning to learn Chinese...
ml> which is more important?
Whether the msged will support UTF-8, would you use it? What if it will be a Linux-only fork?
>>>> Moreover, people with incompliant editors may be banned from some >>>> echoareas. SH>>> Sounds like areas that aren't worth posting in anyway if they'll SH>>> be happy to punish users for decisions their sysops make. AV>> In practice, those users simply move to points. ml> not over here they don't... they never have... they live with the ^^^^^^^^^ ml> situation OR they find another BBS OR both... in some cases, they ml> might be able to get their sysop to find a new and better editor ml> for them to use but that won't help at all if the BBS doesn't place ml> the quotes in the temporary message file properly...
I guess your "over here" means Z1... well, the users' choice is not as wide as it's in Z2 (and especially in R50) - the whole Z1 lists only 316 unique sysop names (some of them are listed 6 times, like you, or even 9 times, like Kurt Weiske or RJ Clay), including obviously special names like "New_Sysop" (9), "new_sysop" (4), "New_Fido_SysOp" (4), "UUCP" (2), "New_SysOp" (2).
However, the whole Fidonet is almost 6 times larger (1887 unique names), so here's much more options.
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