[Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set

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[Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set

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RE: [Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set

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Originally posted by Patchou
The Unicode option is not enabled by default for backward compatibility reasons. Some people may want to copy their logs on a Windows 98/ME station and would wonder why the file cannot be opened. Also, Unicode takes twice the space and people who chat a lot may be bothered by that.

How about using UTF-8 encoding? For text that uses only ASCII characters, there is no discernable difference between UTF-8 and ASCII.

11-16-2004 09:02 AM

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[Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set - by ~*McoreD*~ on 11-16-2004 at 02:37 AM

RE: [Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set - by ddunk on 11-16-2004 at 02:41 AM

RE: [Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set - by Patchou on 11-16-2004 at 02:48 AM

RE: [Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set - by ~*McoreD*~ on 11-16-2004 at 02:58 AM

RE: [Suggestion] Save text files with the Unicode character set - by RaceProUK on 11-16-2004 at 09:02 AM

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