I don't know what to tell you. You gave two examples that aren't actually issues...

nicetryguy · on April 21, 2023

> You gave two examples that aren't actually issues.

Man, i've had config files break because i saved them in UTF-8 instead of ANSI. I hope to god you never have to experience the horror... You also have a nice day.

LoganDark · on April 21, 2023

> Man, i've had config files break because i saved them in UTF-8 instead of ANSI.

Isn't this because random Windows tools add garbage bytes to the start of the file (a "byte order marker") and then don't tell you they did this?

It's not the encoding that's the problem, it's the garbage bytes.

P.S. I do know of exactly one program that only accepts UTF-16 for its config file, and won't accept UTF-8 or ANSI.

justeleblanc · on April 21, 2023

This is getting less and less relevant.