Greetings, Lee! > I'm looking at > https://cygwin.com/packaging-hint-files.html#pvr.hint > and it starts off with > Use UTF-8 character encoding. > How do I do that and how do I check that I actually did use UTF-8 > character encoding _without_ using file? https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/ > for whatever it's worth: > $ file unicode.html > unicode.html: HTML document, UTF-8 Unicode text > $ file test.c > test.c: C source, ASCII text > I used vi to create both files & I'd like to understand why file says > one is ascii & the other is utf-8 -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, June 21, 2018 4:25:27 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple