Re: utf-8 description (specify to use utf-8 without BOM)

[Ethan A M. <sf...@us...>]

On Wednesday, January 26, 2011 01:21:52 am ri...@pi... wrote:
> On 01/24/11 23:57, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > On Monday, January 24, 2011 02:21:34 pm Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 23:11, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> gnuplot only accepts utf-8 without the BOM (Byte Oder Mark) but not that with the BOM.
> >>>
> >>> I think it is better to mention it in a proper position  in the manual
> >>
> >> Or even better: to fix the source code :)
> >
> > You mean the source code for Notepad?
> >
> >
> 
> Is this just Notepad or other more general MS sillyness?

I gather that other tools allow you to set a preference for +/- BOM,
but Notepad gives you no such option.   There is, I am told, 
an equivalent program called Notepad++ that does allow you to set
a preference.

	Ethan