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   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Arlen,   
      
   > So I agree with you that the essential trio was posted before I   
   > was positive it worked in all cases - which it didn't - so I replaced   
   > it.   
      
   Next time its a good idea to either leave such an "the essential trio"   
   conclusion out until you make sure, or include an "has yet to be tested"   
   remark.   Now you have presented it as an "this is how it works" thing,   
   which will only confuse the people who try to use it. :-|   
      
   >> Also, replacing something with itself doesn't really do much. :-)   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what you mean by that since the replacement is to change   
   > Unicode characters (for the most part) into 7-bit ASCII characters.   
   >   
   > So, in the sense that a curly quote is changed to a regular quote, you   
   > could argue it's replacing itself, but in reality it's a different   
   > character.   
      
   Nope, that isn't what I'm talking about : I see at least one replacement   
   where the 1602 is the same as the 1601.  Not really usefull.   
      
   > If you're on the Android newsgroup, you'll see more clearly why it   
   > matters.   
   > We've had a discussion about charset Usenet headers in recent days.   
      
   I see that you are replacing slim double-quotes with single-quotes, but   
   thats a matter of taste.  No matter what you do, that choice can work for   
   you as easily as against you (ask yourself how I know.. :-) ).   
      
   >> Seeing the "action" lines having four different indentations looks ugly.   
   >> Same for wrapping replace-blocks (those 6 lines you spoke of) with empty   
   >> lines.  Either do it everywhere, or do it nowhere.   
   >   
   > Good point. That's my actual code so I didn't clean it up for   
   > presentation.   
      
   Yeah, I noticed.   Next time do (clean up) though.   You're posting a   
   *tutorial*, which should be easy to read, and not include visual hurdles   
   like that.   
      
   > There's no "arrow" or "degree" symbol on the keyboard.   
      
   Feel free to quote where I said so or even just suggested as such.   
      
   Besides that, for the degree symbol open notepad, press-and-hold the ALT   
   key, type 0176 on the numeric keypad and than release the ALT key (°).   For   
   the arrow you might try 175 (no leading zero)  (»).   
      
   Warning : What the displayed char actually looks like depends on the active   
   code-page.   
      
   > I'll take them each on their own merits in a moment, as I appreciate the   
   > help,   
      
   Good.  Everything that makes a tutorial concise and therefore easier to read   
   (no "why is it different here?" distractions) is a win for the ones your aim   
   it at - and by association yourself.   
      
   > not only for me, but for everyone as we all can use this sanitizer.   
      
   :-)  Most people do not use npp (me among them), so its of zero use to them.   
   Other people will have zero need to flatten UTF-8 (html ?) documents into   
   ASCII, so its of zero use to them either.  Others will have theit own   
   programs/scripts to do such flattening (me among them), so its of zero use   
   to them either.  That leaves a rather small audience, not much of an "all"   
   at all, but more like a niche ...   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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