language differences between linux and windows

[Jerry Davis]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:40:17 -0700
Donn <dlshumway at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Jerry Davis <jdawgaz at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:07:05 -0700
> > Jerry Davis <jdawgaz at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > ok. I tried a lot of stuff. but the one thing that actually worked, was to
> > run
> > the cqperl script on the windows box itself.
> >
> > it was utf8 on the linux box, I could see the text.
> > when i copied the file, via a samba share, or scp in cygwin, the characters
> > actually changed.
> >
> > we don't use ftp on our servers at all, because of security reasons, so I
> > tried
> > sftp. know what, I couldn't find a mode switch on sftp (binary or ascii),
> > so I
> > couldn't get sftp to deal with it correctly.
> >
> > so I copied over my cqperl script to windows, and it worked there. The
> > characters came out right.
> >
> > god, I really hate to have to deal with windows in any way at all.
> >
> > oh btw, if I tried to convert the file on cygwin using iconv. But by the
> > time I
> > got the file over to windows the damage was already done.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Happy Trails!
> > Jerry (K7AZJ)
> > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown
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> 
> What are you using to view the csv file in Windows? If you are using Excel,
> setting the default font to 'Arial Unicode' will prevent the character
> munging. If you are using Notepad, you have no hope. Download and use
> Notepad++ which has full UTF-8 support and try opening the csv file.
> 

i use gvim. i have been a vi man for over 30 years.

-- 
Happy Trails!
Jerry (K7AZJ)
Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown
Registered Linux User: 275424
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