Re: [Mutt] #2595: mutt doesn't accept utf8 configuration files
#2595: mutt doesn't accept utf8 configuration files starting with EF BB BF
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Reporter: getreu@xxxxxx | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: charset | Version: 1.5.11 (2005-09-15)
Resolution: | Keywords: bom, byte order mark
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Changes (by pdmef):
* component: mutt => charset
Old description:
> {{{
> since vers approx 1.4 utf8 coded configuration files are allowed in order
> to use utf8 coded strings.
> This works fine.
> But today's editors add the sequence EF BB BF at the beginning of the
> file which normally should be ignored. Mutt exits instead with a fatal
> error message.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> >Fix:
> }}}
New description:
{{{
since vers approx 1.4 utf8 coded configuration files are allowed in order
to use utf8 coded strings.
This works fine.
But today's editors add the sequence EF BB BF at the beginning of the file
which normally should be ignored. Mutt exits instead with a fatal error
message.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
}}}
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