Re: encodings -- Re: pm3d for emf ...

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > If I take an older file from my OS/2 times with cp852, and pass it
> > through gnuplot, I expected there will be the same output. Not that
> > it will use UTF8 encoding of my Linux box. Same for files copied from
> > a current Windows box.
> 
> Then I am afraid you are out of luck.  You can only use an encoding
> that you have installed.  How can that possibly be any other way?
> If you send me a cp852 script, and I run it on my non-cp852 machines,
> how are they to magically figure out this mysterious encoding?

No, we use it -- there are so many Czech encodings :-))

If you get a file with cp852 and run it through gnuplot, the postscript 
terminal will render the correct output.

You have many encodings installed. Use e.g. kate or gedit and Menu -> 
Encoding and voila, you can edit file in any encoding.

> I agree with that part.  I'm trying to point out that we are not
> in that situation currently.  As it stands today, the encoding 
> information in the output file header is not guaranteed to match
> the actual file contents.

If someone intentionally breaks it...

> I think what you are asking for is that the gnuplot script itself
> be marked with an encoding.  That may be reasonable, and we could
> add that to the output of "save", but it wouldn't help older
> pre-existing scripts that don't have such a header record.

Only if 8bit chars are used. If old files don't have set encoding, then they 
are not portable anyway.

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