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Hello!
I opened a old project and some source files with VS .
If the files was written with Windows characters eg. "Windows: Western"
an alert said that this file is now restored.
But the characters with codes above x7f are marked as unknown characters.
Do somebody know a tool to convert such files to Unicode without loss of the meaning of such characters?
Thank you
Erhy
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You can use Notepad++ to convert a file to a different codepage.
And next time you have a question, there are better forums than the Lounge for that.
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I need a tool which searches for sources and other text files and
convert them to Unicode with BOM,
and leave the modification time.
I think, the new convention, where text files without BOM are processed as UTF-8 encoded
will cause much work for million of peoples.
Erhy
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Thank You!
I will try it after Chistmas.
Erhy
and I wish you Merry Christmas!
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Do you know, how to detect old Windows coded text files?
How Visual Studio detect them?
Thank you for advice
Erhy
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I usually just simply open them in vanilla notepad and check what encoding it autodetected. This autodetection isn't perfect though, but still one of the best.
VS also has an autodetect built in. I don't know how it works though.
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Now I have written Powershell scripts to automate the conversion from ANSI to UTF-8
See here
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The nightmare before Christmas!
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Damn! I hope I get get the tickets refunded ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Getting that horse skull checked in might have been an interesting experience.
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I take the easy route: check in a whole horse and then remove the skull at the destination.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Ooh, let's meet up at Sanders and combine traditions. 
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I have a tradition to not open the door for a couple of weirdos with a horse's head (attached to a horse or not) every Christmas 
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Tradition?
How often has it happened to you?
I have a feeling you might like Midvinterblot. 
A spare horse, a couple of virgins or a king makes a party. And a politician makes a good replacement for a king.
Being religious is not a requirement, it rather has a tendency to kill the fun.
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Interesting, I grew up in Wales and never heard of this. I guess it's one of those weird rituals of those strange southerners - including a certain will known CPer.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: a certain will known CPer
I have no will of my own: I'm married.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I feel your pain. 
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Quote: I have no will of my own: I'm married
Aaaah! So that is what's wrong with me!  
modified 22-Dec-19 13:25pm.
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Same for me, only ever seen it mentioned on websites. Suspect that like may Xmas "facts" that do the rounds every year, someone made it up and all the rest copy it without any checking.
By way of an example, looking for a quiz tiebreaker question, I recently found a "fact" on a company website about three popular Christmas songs and how many times they would be played in the UK on radio over the festive period.
After a quick google of "How many radio stations in UK" and firing up the calculator, it transpired that if the stated answer was correct, every radio station in the country would have to play one of the three songs once every 5 seconds, 24 hours a day for 40 consecutive days.
And from then on, the magic was dead …
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Yes, it's always disappointing to peep behind the curtain.
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Well, it's better than finding a horse head in your bed!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It'll make you an offer you can't refuse 
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