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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Avatox 1.0: Trouble with encoding in Windows
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:40:49 +0200
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Bj�rn Persson wrote:

> Theoretically it's better to store the encoding outside the file so that
> you can know what encoding to use before you start reading the file.
> In practice this is usually impossible.

Actually it is possible. The technique employed is called "extended
attributes" and is available for all modern operating systems.

Martin
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