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Re: [platform-core-dev] Re: [eclipse-dev] request for comments - improved file encoding support
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I would also suggest in the UI, that the user can specify an encoding in
"save as" and that causes the file to be converted (as best as possible)
between encodings. So an ASCII file can be saved as a Unicode one.
Regards,
Mary Kroening
Amzi! inc.
At 11:19 AM 6/12/2003 +0200, you wrote:
I think you should also provide a way for querying an associated Team
provider for encoding information. There are some SCMs out there that
either know the encoding of a file or that provide conversion between
charsets on their own.
-Boris
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Rafael Chaves wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Platform/Core has started working on improving file encoding support (plan
> item - bug 37933). The goal is to allow clients to find out which specific
> encoding should be used when reading the contents of a file using a text
> stream.
>
> The initial proposal is under the Platform/Core web area (Core Component
> Planning -> Commited Items). Here is a direct link (may be split in two
> lines):
>
>
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-core-home/plan_encoding_intro.html
>
> This work would involve changing all clients of IFile.get/setContents that
> use text streams (Java Core/UI, Search, Platform Text, Compare, ...) to,
> instead of using the workspace default encoding, use the resource specific
> encoding, and to react to resource change notifications regarding changes
> of encoding. We would also need UI (Platform/JDT) for (re)setting/browsing
> encodings on resources. Also, the current mechanism in Platform Text for
> setting encodings would have to be retrofiited to work with the new
> support from Core.
>
> We need feedback from the affected teams on whether this proposal makes
> sense for their needs and their willingness to adopt/expose the new
> functionality.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rafael
>
--
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people built perfectly good brick walls long before they knew why
cement works." - Alan Cox
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