Subj : unicode test
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Mon Feb 27 2023 08:39 pm
Hello, Michiel van der Vlist.
On 27/02/2023 14.00 you wrote:
MV> Hello Chris,
MV> On Monday February 27 2023 02:39, you wrote to me:
MvV>>> Notepad handles UTF-8 quit well but the last time I tried it as
MvV>>> external editor for Golded it insisted on adding a BOM to the
MvV>>> message text. That was many years ago so maybe newer versions of
MvV>>> notepad do not do that anymore. Adding or using a BOM in UTF-8
MvV>>> text is considered obsolete practise.
CJ>> Here, on Windos 11, Notepad does not require a BOM.
MV> My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.
Try Notepad++. It works pretty fine as an external editor in GoldED.
