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| author |  mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2013-09-15 14:41:34 -0400 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2013-09-15 14:41:34 -0400 |
| commit | 9ccea9e562699b45ba830b8b1355571061580386 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d908fa3c956254a2e3629a7398fa1c54c7863b3 /doc | |
| parent | c683ff20ef76c60cdf79df3c61f267dc3b7073ed (diff) | |
Do not convert filenames to UTF-8; keep them in `_CHARSET`.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/14_Appendix.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/14_Appendix.md b/doc/14_Appendix.md index 5687411e..144a8602 100644 --- a/doc/14_Appendix.md +++ b/doc/14_Appendix.md @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ non-existant graphics capabilities: ### Textadept 6 to 7 -Textadept 7 introduces API changes, a change in module mentality, and a -completely new theme implementation. +Textadept 7 introduces API changes, a change in module mentality and filename +encodings, and a completely new theme implementation. #### API Changes @@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ the user is free to choose. [`textadept`]: api/textadept.html [`_M`]: api/_M.html +#### Filename Encodings + +Prior to Textadept 7, `buffer.filename` was encoded in UTF-8 and any functions +that accepted filenames (such as `io.open_file()`) required the filenames to +also be encoded in UTF-8. This is no longer the case in Textadept 7. +`buffer.filename` is encoded in `_CHARSET` and any filenames passed to functions +should also remain encoded in `_CHARSET`. No more superfluous encoding +conversions. You should only convert to and from UTF-8 when displaying or +retrieving displayed filenames from buffers and/or dialogs. + #### Theme Changes You can use the following as a reference for converting your Textadept 6 themes |