Date: 3 Feb 2009 15:12:45 -0000 From: Larry Baird <lab@gta.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: UTF as Filename Extension Message-ID: <20090203151245.60447.qmail@mailgate.gta.com> In-Reply-To: <10911.2654.10281@localhost>
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In article <10911.2654.10281@localhost> you wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:43:01 -0800, "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> wrote: > > Here is a simple discussion that is probably more complex than I'd like > > it to be. Is there any way to enforce a UTF-8 encoding of a file, > > perhaps by filename extension? Could such an encoding solve cross > > platform line break incompatibility? > > I find that Emacs makes a very good job of 'hiding' these annoying > details from me. In both X11 and `no window' sessions of the editor, > the coding-system auto-detection of new buffers works 99% of the time > and I can specify it manually when it doesn't. > > Using the filename for automated guesses of what the content may be is > probably not going to work so well. Windows has tried doing it, and see > all the ATTACHMENT.JPG.EXE trojans they got as a result :) I have had luck using vim and setting the following in my environment. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 I have also put utf-8 bomb characters at the beginning of my text files. Take a look at: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Working_with_Unicode -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Baird | http://www.gta.com Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL Email: lab@gta.com | TEL 407-380-0220, FAX 407-380-6080
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