[Geany] Incorrect BOM for UTF-8 files

Andreas Tscharner andy at xxxxx
Tue Jan 23 15:46:09 UTC 2007


Enrico Tröger wrote:
> Er, here it works as expected.
> - open a file
> - set the encoding to UTF-8
> - set to write a BOM (document menu->Write Unicode BOM)
> - type some text
> - save the file
> If I open the saved file with a hexeditor, it starts with EF BB BF.
> Which version of Geany, GLib and iconv you are using? Are you
> perhaps using another platform than x86?

Uuups
My bad.
For my defense: I previously used UltraEdit (in Hex-View) to watch the 
file and it says: FF FE
When I change the editor (example: HexEdit) it shows (on the very same 
file) the correct EF BB BF pattern.

Sorry for bothering.

Best regards
	Andreas
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