Obviously, there are sometimes overlaps between encodings when you're trying to guess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts -Heath Borders [email protected] Twitter: heathborders http://heath-tech.blogspot.com On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Dave DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/heath.borders%40gmail.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]
