Merge and unicode

[dsc at swcp.com]

Jacque, these are my latest thoughts as far as possible problems.

1. Dar is very confused and off in the wrong direction. Use big stick.
2. Binary data is in an 8-bit char set encoding causing problems with UTF-8 decode. Check encoding.
3. Field, line and character metadata are interfering. Clear all, then set and get consistently.
4. Merge is not handling binary data as text. Use textDecode first.

Dar Scott
Mad Scientist


> On Sep 10, 2019, at 11:04 AM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Trusting...
> 
> Also, interpreting Latin-1 as UTF-8 can generate some weird characters and lots of ?-diamond symbols.
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>> On Sep 10, 2019, at 8:36 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> Trust me it's better than a feral gander persuit. 
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>> Bob S
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>>> On Sep 9, 2019, at 17:23 , Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>>> Sorry, if I am off on a bunny trail...
>>> 
>>> Dar
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