Subj : Re: unicode test
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Chris Jacobs
Date : Tue Feb 28 2023 01:47 am
-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Chris Jacobs <=-
MvV> Hello Chris,
MvV> 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.
MvV> My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.