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Questions tagged [utf-8]

For discussions about UCS Transformation Format with 8 bits (UTF8). It is an encoding table that represents all characters in the Unicode character set.

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Is it possible to create a QR code using text?

QR codes I have seen are mostly image files. But can you create QR codes using plain text? For example ASCII and UTF-8 have black boxes as characters. Can I use those together with spaces to create a QR code?
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Setting UTF8 as default Character Encoding in Windows 7

is there a way to set Windows 7 to globally use UTF-8 as standard? its really annoying to set every single text editor to use it.
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Notepad++ inserting special Unicode characters in UTF-8

What's the best ways to enter special Unicode characters into a Notepad++ document? Do I have to rely on the operating system (Windows)? Looking for a see-and-click solution. I can bring up the ASCII Insertion Panel with Edit | Character Panel —…
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How can I change the default encoding type Thunderbird uses when composing a new email?

Whenever I compose a new email message in Thunderbird, it defaults to the Western (ISO-8859-1) encoding, and I have to manually change it to UTF-8 every time. How do I change the default?
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How can I convert multiple files to UTF-8 encoding using *nix command line tools?

Possible Duplicate: Batch-convert files for encoding or line ending I have a bunch of text files that I'd like to convert from any given charset to UTF-8 encoding. Are there any command line tools or Perl (or language of your choice) one liners I…
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Excel: Change default encoding (file origin) of Text Import Wizard to UTF-8 (65001 : Unicode)

I am using a variety of tools to regularly prepare data for the web. One stage requires me to open a CSV in Excel, make changes and save the file. Is there a way to force Excel to accept UTF-8 encoding, and to save its files with that encoding?
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Converting text file to UTF-8 on Windows command prompt

I need to convert a text file to UTF-8 format via Windows command prompt. This needs to be done on another machine and I do not have rights to install software on that machine. I need something like: c:\notepad source-file target-file --encoding…
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ANSI to UTF-8 in Notepad++

I have a text encoded in ANSI: When I tried to convert it into UTF-8 (using the Notepad++ menu Encoding > UTF-8), I get some weird characters: I thought that UTF-8 was a superset of ANSI and that I subsequently wouldn't have such issues. Is there…
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Is there a Linux command to find out if a file is UTF-8?

The Joomla .ini files require to be saved as UTF-8. After editing I'm not sure if the files are UTF-8 or not. Is there a Linux command like file or a few commands that would tell if a file is indeed UTF-8 or not?
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Extract large zip file (50 GB) on Mac OS X

I was trying to move the files to another hard drive. So I archived all my photos in one large ZIP file using the Mac OS X built-in compress function. But the file failed to extract. I've tried many programs, but none of the programs I tried were…
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Changing the default ANSI to UTF-8 in Notepad

I got an e-book reader a few months ago, and I finally figured out why it doesn't display .txt files correctly. It doesn't like ANSI. It has no problem with the other 3 types of coding notepad provides. For a reason I chose UTF-8 and decoded all…
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Program to check/look up UTF-8/Unicode characters in string on command line?

I've just realized I have a file on my system; it lists normally: $ ls -la TΕSТER.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 8 2013-04-11 18:07 TΕSТER.txt $ cat TΕSТER.txt testing ... yet, it crashes a piece of software with a UTF-8/Unicode related error. I was…
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Differences between en_US.utf8 and en_US.UTF-8?

I've had a terrible time getting zsh to play nicely with Debian Jessie, and I've come to the conclusion that my issues all stem from my system's locale. Running locale, I…
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How can I enforce so Notepad++ uses UTF-8 every time I create a new file?

I want to use the character encoding UTF-8 (without BOM) on my files. I can change the encoding from the "Format" menu, but it is reset every time I create a new file or open a file. How can I do so Notepad++ uses UTF-8 (without BOM) as default…
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What's the code page of UTF-8?

My command prompt's default code page is 936. I need to change it to UTF-8. chcp 65001 The above doesn't work. What's the correct one?
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