[Wish] Compare by content : UFT-8 option

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[Wish] Compare by content : UFT-8 option

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Hi,

Can we add like in the lister a UTF-8 option in the Compare tool like there is already Binary and Unicode options ? :?:

With that, we will have a better view of the TXT files with special characters. :P

Thanks in advance :wink:
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Unfortunately I haven't found a way to add it, sorry. The problem is that UTF-8 characters can be between 1 and 5 bytes long, so we cannot simply make a bytewise comparison.
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:) Good evening,

• I've requested that feature a long while ago…

- With 7.0, you can set an external tool supporting UTF8 (if there is any…)

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Post by *menet »

Hi Christian, Bonsoir Claude,

If it is to difficult to do, I will continue to work like that... The differences between 2 files are often on lines or words not only on special French characters. :twisted:

I will prefer if you can implement a special option to Lister for working with text file using UTF-8 format by default (without looking for the UTF-8 signature) requested in this entry 8)

Best Regards :wink:
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