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Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 18 Jun 2022 19:18
by 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...

Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 18 Jun 2022 20:03
by 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 :)

Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 12:37
by admin
Actually it already supports UTF-8. Can you send me the file that's garbled?

Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 13:28
by 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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Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 13:31
by 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 8)

Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 13:38
by 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.

Re: Can editconf please support UTF-8?

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 14:01
by MBaas
Ah, ok then - I hope you find a solution! ;)