I so much hate it when people drop the umlaut in my name and write "Floter" -
this usually happens while being in America because people don't know better.
My name is Flöter or Floeter ("ae", "oe", or "ue" are the correct
substitutions).
They are different letters with different pronunciations that happen to look
similar.
Think about it -
Could we replace "n" with "r" and say "Arthory J. Bertley"?! OperBSD?
If you're concerned about UTF-8 you should probably fix the output or the
terminal and don't just strip everything to 7-bit ASCII.
Dankeschön!
Reyk
> On 11.07.2017, at 05:42, Anthony J. Bentley <anth...@anjbe.name> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> "Punctuation followed by backspace" hasn't been the right way to enter
> accents for a long time.
>
> ok?
>
> Index: Notes
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/Notes,v
> retrieving revision 1.3
> diff -u -p -r1.3 Notes
> --- Notes 28 Sep 2004 20:40:01 -0000 1.3
> +++ Notes 10 Jul 2017 15:23:31 -0000
> @@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ Limericks are indented as follows, all l
> No more than debris,
> If the input was short of exact.
>
> -Accents precede the letter they are over, e.g., "`^He" for e with a grave
> -accent. Underlining is done on a word-by-word basis, with the underlines
> +Underlining is done on a word-by-word basis, with the underlines
> preceding the word, e.g., "__^H^Hhi ____^H^H^H^Hthere".
>
> No fortune should run beyond 72 characters on a single line without good
> Index: datfiles/fortunes
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes,v
> retrieving revision 1.49
> diff -u -p -r1.49 fortunes
> --- datfiles/fortunes 28 Dec 2015 12:32:12 -0000 1.49
> +++ datfiles/fortunes 10 Jul 2017 15:23:32 -0000
> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ test", said the outsider, "because I wan
> Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into
> the toaster -- "I wish the toaster to be happy too."
> %
> -A diva who specializes in risqu'e arias is an off-coloratura soprano ...
> +A diva who specializes in risque arias is an off-coloratura soprano ...
> %
> A doctor, an architect, and a computer scientist were arguing
> about whose profession was the oldest. In the course of their
> @@ -3620,8 +3620,8 @@ Error in operator: add beer
> %
> Es brilig war. Die schlichte Toven
> Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben;
> -Und aller-m"umsige Burggoven
> - Dir mohmen R"ath ausgraben.
> +Und aller-mumsige Burggoven
> + Dir mohmen Rath ausgraben.
> -- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
> %
> Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
> @@ -4066,7 +4066,7 @@ Five is a sufficiently close approximati
> -- Robert Firth
> %
> Flappity, floppity, flip
> -The mouse on the m"obius strip;
> +The mouse on the mobius strip;
> The strip revolved,
> The mouse dissolved
> In a chronodimensional skip.
> @@ -5245,12 +5245,12 @@ I need your help, I say 'tween sobs,
> %
> Here in my heart, I am Helen;
> I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least.
> -I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Sta"el;
> +I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Stael;
> I'm Salome, moon of the East.
>
> Here in my soul I am Sappho;
> Lady Hamilton am I, as well.
> -In me R'ecamier vies with Kitty O'Shea,
> +In me Recamier vies with Kitty O'Shea,
> With Dido, and Eve, and poor nell.
>
> I'm all of the glamorous ladies
> @@ -5820,7 +5820,7 @@ streets and frighten the horses.
> %
> "I don't object to sex before marriage, but two minutes before?!?"
> %
> -"I don't think so," said Ren'e Descartes. Just then, he vanished.
> +"I don't think so," said Rene Descartes. Just then, he vanished.
> %
> I don't think they could put him in a mental hospital. On the other
> hand, if he were already in, I don't think they'd let him out.
> @@ -7056,10 +7056,10 @@ Ignisecond, n.:
> door even as the brain is saying, "my keys are in there!"
> -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
> %
> -Il brilgue: les t^oves libricilleux
> +Il brilgue: les toves libricilleux
> Se gyrent et frillant dans le guave,
> -Enm^im'es sont les gougebosquex,
> - Et le m^omerade horgrave.
> +Enmimes sont les gougebosquex,
> + Et le momerade horgrave.
> -- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
> %
> Iles's Law:
> @@ -10423,7 +10423,7 @@ laughter, singing
> The square was finally cleared by armed carabineri with tears of
> laughter streaming down their faces. The event set a record for
> hilarious civic functions, smashing the previous record set when Baron
> -Hans Neizant B"ompzidaize was elected Landburgher of K"oln in 1653.
> +Hans Neizant Bompzidaize was elected Landburgher of Koln in 1653.
> -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"
> %
> Portable, adj.:
> @@ -11211,7 +11211,7 @@ pencil.
> Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made
> of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts
> is not necessarily science.
> - -- Henri Poincair'e
> + -- Henri Poincaire
> %
> Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
> %
> @@ -11760,7 +11760,7 @@ Spouse, n.:
> wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single.
> %
> Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist
> -drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to pur'ee of bat guano; and the
> +drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the
> greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll
> take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!
> -- Harlan Ellison
> @@ -14330,7 +14330,7 @@ Today, of course, it is considered very
> except in major motion pictures.
> -- Dave Barry, "$#$%#^%!^%&@%@!"
> %
> -Toilet Toup'ee, n.:
> +Toilet Toupee, n.:
> Any shag carpet that causes the lid to become top-heavy, thus
> creating endless annoyance to male users.
> -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
> Index: datfiles/fortunes-o.real
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes-o.real,v
> retrieving revision 1.12
> diff -u -p -r1.12 fortunes-o.real
> --- datfiles/fortunes-o.real 6 Feb 2015 20:00:55 -0000 1.12
> +++ datfiles/fortunes-o.real 10 Jul 2017 15:23:32 -0000
> @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ only two went back to women.
> %
> If the American dream is for Americans only, it will remain our dream
> and never be our destiny.
> - -- Ren'e de Visme Williamson
> + -- Rene de Visme Williamson
> %
> If you can believe ten impossible things before breakfast, then you
> should join
>
