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StUF – receiving data from a provider where UTF-8 is in fact ISO-8859
Recently when receiving information from a StUF webservice created by a large Dutch provider of government IT systems, we had an issue with characters having their high bit set. Although the...
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CodeRage 4: session materials are available for download« The Wiert Corner –...
My CodeRage 4 session materials are available for download: Practical XML in Delphi Reliable Communication between Applications with Delphi and ActiveMQ Using Unicode and Other Encodings in your...
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CodeRage 4: session “Practical XML in Delphi” chat and Q&A transcripts
Not only can you download CodeRage 4 session on materials on Practical XML in Delphi, but below you can also find the chat transcripts below. Note the times are a bit odd: when the chat window...
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CodeRage 4: session “Using Unicode and Other Encodings in your Programs”...
Not only can you watch the video and download the CodeRage 4 session on materials on Using Unicode and Other Encodings in your Programs, but below you can also find the chat transcripts below. VIP Room...
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CodeRage 4: session replays are online too!
Embarcadero has made available the replays of the CodeRage 4 sessions. You can find them in the CodeRage 4 sessions overview. In order to download them from that overview, NOTE: To access this session...
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CodeRage 4 session material download locations changed – CodeCentral messed up
Somehow, CodeCentral managed to not only delete my uploaded CodeRage 4 session materials (the videos are fine!), but also newer uploads with other submissions. Since I’m in crush mode to get the BASTA!...
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Web means Unicode
Google published an interesting graph generated from their internal data based on their indexed web pages. A quick summary of popular encodings based on the graph: Unicode – almost 50% and rapidly...
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Recommended reads when dealing with Character Encodings in software
Apart from the mandatory Joel on Software article about Unicode and Character sets, these two articles are of great value too: Encodings Before ASCII From a Mechanical Perspective. Character Encodings...
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Delphi hinting directives: deprecated, experimental, library and platform
I’ve been experimenting with the Delphi hinting directives lately to make it easier to migrate some libraries to newer versions of Delphi and newer platforms. Hinting directives (deprecated,...
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Great Unicode presentation by
Stefan Heymann did a great presentation Character Sets and Unicode in Firebird at fbcon11. About 90% of it is not about Firebird, but about Unicode: a highly recommended presentation. There is also a...
View ArticleSome interesting encoding/Unicode/text articles on kunststube and links for...
After yesterdays post on Testing and static methods don’t go well together, I read around on Source (kunststube [WayBack]) a bit more and found these very nice articles on encoding,Unicode and text:...
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Encoding is hard…so how did the single quote become a circumflexed a...
A while ago (in fact more than a year), I posted Encoding is hard… go G+ with the below picture. ftfy (fixes text for you) fixes it, but: How did the single quote become “—? Actually, because of a a...
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Long read about Unicode: You, Me And The Emoji: Character Sets, Encoding And...
A well worth long rad: We all recognize emoji. They’ve become the global pop stars of digital communication. But what are they, technically speaking? And what might we learn by taking a closer look at...
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In this day and age, web sites with delivery back-ends still have Unicode...
Nowadays, some 35 years after the first Unicode ideas got drafted and 30+ years after the Unicode Consortium saw the light, UTF-8 is served my more than 95% of the web as shown in yesterday’s post...
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Get it at a discount while it is hot: Delphi Thread Safety Patterns eBook by...
Get the new [Wayback/Archive] Delphi Thread Safety Patterns eBook at a discount while it is hot: Use Coupon Code: DTSPATT10 at checkout to get a $10 discount. This promotional offer is valid through...
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How isotopp became the online handle of Kristian Köhntopp
Like me, [Archive.is] Kristian Köhntopp is a nerd. Unlike me, Kris bumped into character encoding issues for just about all his digital life. That started about the same time as mine, but again unlike...
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