Hi Stuart, The Unix `file` command reports it as ISO-8859. If that doesn't work, send me a line number with an example of the broken characters, then I can have a closer look.
Cheers, Oliver > On 21 Sep 2021, at 15:02, Fox, Stuart <stuart....@metoffice.gov.uk> wrote: > > Hi arts devs, > > I’m currently working on incorporating v3.5 of the MT-CKD continuum into > ARTS, and have a question relating to the “correct” text encoding for the > ARTS source files. > The file I’m working on (legacy_continua.cc) has some non-ASCII characters in > the comments, which I think are mostly things like superscripted numbers. > What text encoding is used for these? If I open the file in VS Code (which > assumes it is UTF-8 encoded by default) they show up as unknown characters, > and this particular editor then changes them when the file is saved which > leads to lots of undesired diffs. Which encoding should I tell the editor to > use for these files to avoid this? It looks to me like it’s probably one of > the “Western” encodings, e.g. Windows 1252 or ISO-8859-x , but it would be > good to confirm which one I should use! > > Stuart
