You'd have to guess (by reading the first few bytes of the file, seeing what they are and how they're laid out, etc), or use the initWithContentsOfFile:usedEncoding:error: variant to let NSString guess for you.
Dave On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > I've found different ways to do that (some pure Cocoa, some using Carbon) but > I was wondering about the wisdom of this list as to what is the best way to > detect the encoding of a file before passing it to NSString > initWithContentsOfFile:encoding:error:? > > -Laurent. > -- > Laurent Daudelin > AIM/iChat/Skype:LaurentDaudelin > http://www.nemesys-soft.com/ > Logiciels Nemesys Software > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/davedelong%40me.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
