Can editconf please support UTF-8?

[MBaas]

I discovered editconf as a nice and fast editor for small files (especially its ability to filter lines is useful even when viewing files!)

Unfortunately I does not seem to support UTF-8, i.e. I entered "R←foo" and the "←" (0x2190) was garbled. I would be very happy if it was possible to add support for UTF-8...

[Horst]

This is designed for the XY config file with is UTF-16.
So there is no need real for supporting any other file formats.
The world is full of small fast loading free editors and viewers

[admin]

Actually it already supports UTF-8. Can you send me the file that's garbled?

[MBaas]

Actually my error report was wrong: it processes existing unicode characters fine - but I'm not able to enter them.
ie if you look at my 1st msg, the text "R←foo" is fine when pasted from clipboard, but if I try to enter it (yes, I have a keyboard layout that has this character), I get "?" instead:

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[MBaas]

And while we're at it, I'd like to suggest an additional value for flags to have it start up in editor mode

[admin]

Special keyboard layouts seem to be a general problem that also affects the input of some languages. Still looking for a solution for this.

[MBaas]

Ah, ok then - I hope you find a solution!