On Sep 16, 2:22?pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sep 16, 1:10?pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:46:34 -0700, GeorgeRXZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > >>> Then Open the Notepad and type the following sentence, and save the > >>> file and close the notepad. Now reopen the file and you will find out > >>> that, Notepad is not able to save the following text line. > >>> Well you are speed > >>> This occurs not only with above sentence but any sentence that has > >>> 4 3 3 5 (sequence of characters: Well=4 you=3 are=3 speed=5) > >> I tried. I also opened the saved file in SciTE... > >> And the text WAS there... > > >> It is Notepad that can not properly render what it, > >> itself, saved. > > > C:\Documents and Settings\mensanator\My Documents>type huh.txt > > Well you are speed > > > Yes, file was saved correctly. > > But reopening it shows 9 unprintable characters. > > If I copy those to a new file (huh1.txt): > > > C:\Documents and Settings\mensanator\My Documents>type huh1.txt > > ????????? > > > But wait...the new file is 20 characters, not 9. > > > 09/16/2007 01:44 PM 18 huh.txt > > 09/16/2007 01:54 PM 20 huh1.txt > > > C:\Documents and Settings\mensanator\My Documents>dump huh.txt > > huh.txt: > > 00000000 5765 6c6c 2079 6f75 2061 7265 2073 7065 Well you are spe > > 00000010 6564 ed > > > Here's what it's actually doing: > > > C:\Documents and Settings\mensanator\My Documents>dump huh1.txt > > huh1.txt: > > 00000000 fffe 5765 6c6c 2079 6f75 2061 7265 2073 .~Well you are s > > 00000010 7065 6564 peed > > One word: Unicode. > > The "open" and "save" dialogs allow you to specify an encoding.
And the encoding specified was ANSI. > If you > specify Unicode the you will get what you see above. And if you specify ANSI _before_ you click the file name, the specification switches to Unicode and has to then be manually switched back to ANSI. > If you specify ANSI > you will get the text you entered. It's still a bug in the "open" dialog. > > By the way, this has precisely what to do with Python? I've been known to use Notepad to create Python source code. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com > Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden > > Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
