UTF-8 File Names

Rick Tonsing <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Jan 2020 23:00:28 -0800
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The subject of file names with xxxx-lt1.txt or xxxx-lat1.txt for Latin-1
and the xxxx-utf8.txt for UTF-8 text files came up in a DP forum
<https://www.pgdp.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1189531#p1189531>.

The gist of the discussion (as I see it) is that we select the file type on
the direct upload screen.  Do we even need an indicator of the file type in
the file name?  If so, then do we need both? UTF8 is be the default so
xxxx.txt without the (-UTF8) should be sufficient for UTF-8 files.  The
-lt1 or -lat1 could remain the backup signal that the file needs to go
through the upconvert program to UTF-8.

Cheers,

Rick

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-size:large">Rick<br></div></div>

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