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-----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jeremy.farr...@oracle.com] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 3:07 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Torch output, how to force wixmst XML output instead of CAB ASCII (the One True ASCII, ANSI X3.4-1986) is the 7 bit subset of both Windows "ANSI" and Unicode. In UTF-8 encoding, this subset is a 7-bit value, so ends up in a single byte which makes it identical to the ASCII and "ANSI" encodings. The top half of Windows "ANSI" (values 128 to 255) does not match ASCII or Unicode. So it depends what Stephen means by "the file is encoded in ANSI". If it only uses the ASCII subset, then it's equally valid to describe it as encoded in ASCII, UTF-8 or Windows "ANSI". If it uses characters from the top half of Windows "ANSI" then it's not UTF-8. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 8:53 AM > > I always get this mixed up but I thought that ASCII was basically a > subset of ANSI and UTF-8 and they all look the same (unless you write > a > BOM) until you use non-ASCII characters. The grand majority of > internal WiX goo is ASCII without a BOM so it all looks the same... > > I think Joel agrees with my memory > (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html): > > This has the neat side effect that English text looks > exactly the same in UTF-8 as it did in ASCII, so > Americans don't even notice anything wrong. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto:stephen.tun...@nuance.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:25 PM > > Also, I have been looking at this file in more detail. > > The file itself is encoded with ANSI, but the XML header tag states > that the XML is in UTF-8. Is this intentional? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
