-=> 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.  
    
  It does not default add a BOM either.  
    
  Chris  
    
   MvV> Cheers, Michiel  
    
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