[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-3137807 ] Pythonwin can't open a file with # -*- encoding: binary -*-

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Bugs item #3137807, was opened at 2010-12-15 22:13
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Category: pythonwin
Group: None
>Status: Pending
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Greg Hazel (ghazel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Pythonwin can't open a file with # -*- encoding: binary -*-

Initial Comment:
If a file starts with "# -*- encoding: binary -*-", Pythonwin cannot seem to open it.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2010-12-16 06:43

Message:
pythonwin only supports editing text and without a text based encoding it
can't do much.  If the problem is that the error message is unclear I can
look at fixing that, but will not enable actual editing of the file.

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