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 Message 115 
 Chris Jacobs to Michiel van der Vlist 
 Re: unicode test 
 27 Feb 23 02:39:00 
 
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PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/68c33d29a Feb 26 2023 MSC 1929
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CHRS: ASCII 1
-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Chris Jacobs <=-

 MvV> Hello Chris,

 [ ... ]

 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 message
 MvV> text. That was many years ago so maybe newer versions of notepad do not
 MvV> do that anymore. Adding or using a BOM in UTF-8 text is considered
 MvV> obsolete practise.

Here, on Windos 11, Notepad does not require a BOM.

Chris

 MvV> Cheers, Michiel

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