Re: pre-HTML5 and the BOM

From: John W Kennedy <jwkenne_at_attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:48:15 -0400

On Jul 18, 2012, at 4:21 AM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
> On my OS X 10.7 computer, then TextEdit does sniff UTF-8 (without the
> BOM).

It does indeed have a sniffing feature, though it also appears to use the com.apple.TextEncoding extended attribute, when available (and which it, itself, will create, when saving).

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John W Kennedy
If Bill Gates believes in "intelligent design", why can't he apply it to Windows?
Received on Wed Jul 18 2012 - 13:52:37 CDT

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