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 Message 119 
 Michiel van der Vlist to Chris Jacobs 
 unicode test 
 27 Feb 23 13:00:50 
 
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TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: UTF-8 4
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REPLY: 314.fidoutf8@1:103/705 28614228
Hello Chris,

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.

My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.

Cheers, Michiel

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