Re: portable way to get highest bit set?

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:42:03 -0000 (UTC), Blue-Maned_Hawk
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

> Keith Thompson wrote:
> 
>> A solution that depends on a header that's introduced in C23, a
>> standard that hasn't been published yet, is hardly portable.
> 
> Well, it will be in 2024.
> 
>> BTW, here's what your signature looks like in my newsreader (Gnus):
>> 
>> Blue-Maned_HawkÃ\203\203\203\203Ã\203\203\202Ã\203\202Ã\202¢
> \224\202shortens
>> to HawkÃ\203\203\203\203Ã\203\203\202Ã\203\202Ã\202¢\224\202/
>> 
> 
blu.mÃ\203\203\203\203\211\233in.dÃ\203\203\203\203\212Ã\203\203\203\202Ã\203\203\202Ã\203\202Ã\202°ak/
>> Ã\203\203\203\203Ã\203\203\202Ã\203\202Ã\202¢\224\202he/him/his/
> himself/Mr.
>> bluemanedhawk.github.io Minor vehicular events!
>> 
>> And in Thunderbird:
>> 
>> Blue-Maned_HawkÃÃÃâshortens to HawkÃÃÃâ/ blu.mÃin.dÃÃÃÃðak/
>> ÃÃÃâhe/him/his/himself/Mr.
>> bluemanedhawk.github.io Minor vehicular events!
> 
> Blame Pan for corrupting it.  That was meant to have its fields
> separated by the │ character, including a pronunciation explanation
> field that has IPA characters in it.

(followup-to: news.software.readers)

I doubt Pan is to blame, but if it is,
let's get a patch in to the maintainers.

Some folks have offered to help with your sig.
I'm willing to help as time allows, but you have
to be willing to put in the time to stop posting
mojibakes. :/

If you're shy about email, please come
visit news.software.readers, where you
will find the thread "Usenet characters".

The article where I post the relevant
RFC quotes, cites, and maybe a little shade on
non-compliant newsreaders; can be
found in article:

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I've set the fu2 in this article
to news.software.readers.

-- 
-Scott
p.s. I use pan and track their git repo