Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues
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texte = On Jan 22, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Tom Duke wrote:> Donovan>> The easiest way to do a charset conversion is to open the db in > BBedit using the correct charset.>> If there are dodgy characters after you open it then BBedit has a > reopen using encoding option in one of the menus. Try different > ones until the db looks ok.>> Then change the charset using the menu at the bottom of the BBedit > window (UTF8- no bom) and bingo your db is in Utf8.>> - Tom>But what if BBedit then warms that (I forget the exact wording of the msg.)"danger.. you are about to save as utf8 but this file contains chars that appear to be ISO latin (etc.) "if I hit the "OK do it anyway" button, then does that mean that the chars in question will be converted to the right (equivalent things) in utf8, or does it mean that BBedit will just leave them as the actual keystrokes that they were when first input.. and now in utf8 that looks like something entirely else?Know what I am asking?-G
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On Jan 22, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Tom Duke wrote:> Donovan>> The easiest way to do a charset conversion is to open the db in > BBedit using the correct charset.>> If there are dodgy characters after you open it then BBedit has a > reopen using encoding option in one of the menus. Try different > ones until the db looks ok.>> Then change the charset using the menu at the bottom of the BBedit > window (UTF8- no bom) and bingo your db is in Utf8.>> - Tom>But what if BBedit then warms that (I forget the exact wording of the msg.)"danger.. you are about to save as utf8 but this file contains chars that appear to be ISO latin (etc.) "if I hit the "OK do it anyway" button, then does that mean that the chars in question will be converted to the right (equivalent things) in utf8, or does it mean that BBedit will just leave them as the actual keystrokes that they were when first input.. and now in utf8 that looks like something entirely else?Know what I am asking?-G
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