translation query (Windows 1251) & Decoding problem

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Elena Levintova wrote:

> Edward M Dumanis wrote:
>
> > > is translated as "hmbeqrhvhnmm{i (sometimes *qnbleqrm{i* or *bg`hlm{i*)
> > > tnmd g`jp{rncn rho`"
> >
> > Here, I would like to ask if somebody can explain to me why I see Cyrillic
> > here only as a meaningless combination of Cyrillic letters.
> >
> > I use Netscape browser 4.03.
> > Encodings Cyrillic (Windows-1251), Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5) and Cyrillic
> > (KOI8-R) give the same display of the Cyrillic letters which makes me
> > suspicious that the Encoding does not work properly.
> > Any idea on how to solve this problem?
> > I had the same problem many times before.
> > Sometimes everything is displayed correctly, and sometimes it is not.
> >
> > Hope somebody has a clue.
> >
> > Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>
>
> That has been puzzling me for months!!!
> I am using Netscape. Communicator 4.04 . What I do when I see Cyrillic as
>  unreadable: besides the encodings you mention I also try  Central
> European (Windows 1250). It worked in this particular case.
> I remember also that occasionally Western (ISO-8859-1) or Central European
>  (ISO-8859-2) worked. So if I have a problem reading Russian in the
> body of a message I receive, I just try these 6 encodings, one by one, until
>  something works. Or else if Cyrillic text looks like a succession
> of accented vowels, I can cut and paste it into a Word document, and then
>  convert it into one of my Cyrillic fonts.
> Hope this helps, and I would appreciate other tips on how to handle this,
>  especially what to tell people who cannot read my messages in
> Russian? If somebody uses Internet Explorer, for example, what encoding should
 I
>  use for them to read my Russian?
>
I guess the puzzle has been solved (see my previous message) but there is
no solution on the horizon for the problem that we have. At least, I do
not know it.
I tried all and each of the encodings that Netscape provides, and all in
vain.
The only solution thay worked was to use Microsoft Outlook Express, and I
hate switching between programs. I find it easier to use Netscape so far,
and would prefer to stay within its parameters.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>