On Feb 23, 2007, at 16:01 UTC, David Glass wrote: > So it would appear I'm now (always have been?) in the same boat as > 90+ % of the people who are having trouble with encodings: > > There's no reliable way to determine the encoding of a file when it > is read in (right?).
Right. The file just contains a bunch of bytes. It's up to you to decide how to interpret those bytes as text. Sometimes there are various clues you can use; or if it's your own file, of course you get to decide. Otherwise, you may have to give the user some way to choose (which they'll usually do based on what "looks right," but sometimes they can be wrong too). Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
