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UTF-8 Decoders fail to decode the encoded strings
I have some encoded values values which I believe is UTF-8. Now I dont really know if it is UTF-8 or not because other online tool and steps to decode UTF-8 is not working, BUT an open source tool ...
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VIM uses wrong encoding - but only in status messages
I ran into a strange issue with my ArchLinux setup. Vim uses correct encoding for reading/displaying files but these status messages (which displays the current mode or reports back when the buffer is ...
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Convert Korean files that are showing up incorrectly to utf-8 - character shows Çѱ¹Ÿî
I was just about to ask this after a long time of searching so decided to answer my own question...
I downloaded Korean subtitles in an .smi file that was in zip archive. When I extracted it, the ...
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Printf in gawk with the correct encoding?
I'm wondering: can gawk printf in any format besides ASCII?
Currently, I'm using gawk match() to search through some UTF-8 text. When I go ahead and print out the matches gawk finds, it ends up like ...
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Can I tinker with the encoding when using pdftotext to convert PDF to text?
Sometimes when I do pdftotext it results in perfect text. I assume this is because the actual unicode text data is embedded directly in the PDF itself, and simply read out.
But other times (around ...
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Which type of character encoding consumes the most memory?
I will store a long (45132 character) string in a Postrgres database whilst preserving every character (including really rare ones).
Postgres can store strings up to 1GB (see here).
In terms of the ...
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Opening a 7z file on mac shows strange encodings
I am opening this file:
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=2901965&version=1.0
On TextEdit. When I do, the file looks like:
7zºØ'· t(ù‚]%N
ò„,¢‡ò] ¬CRJ∫√ıìaIÄÅ≤íhYTÔ1/ıG3À=ôN’(...
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Determine The Encoding of a specific character in Word 2010
I'm having a problem with a generated document (coming from crystal reports engine). Initially hyphens are visible but if the text is copied and pasted with "keep text only" option or "remove ...
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What are these strange characters? [duplicate]
I couldn't put them in the title because they actually seem to have many bytes:
I took some screenshots:
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Displaying Korean characters properly on a computer with English Windows XP
I have Windows XP Professional Version 2002 SP 3 English version
I have installed the required input methods in Regional and Language Settings and as far as I know all the other options provided there ...
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Why does this PDF appear to encode parentheses correctly but doesn't when using pdftotext or copying and pasting?
Here are links to some journal articles:
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2183927
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2988135
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3021012
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2159298
They all encode ...
