[GRASS-dev] Character encoding of module i.atcorr files

[Vaclav Petras]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>wrote:

> Source code doesn't just have to work with the interpreter. It needs
> to work with text editors, web browsers, revision-control systems,
> printers, etc. Some of those understand coding cookies, some don't.
>
> The main problem with coding cookies is that software which
> (explicitly or implicitly) converts between encodings typically leaves
> the cookie unchanged. Which is why libraries such as chardet typically
> treat coding cookies as little more than a hint or fallback.
>

What are coding cookies?

My search brought me to Cookies and Coding event which is for sure great
but apparently not related to current discussion.

[1] http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Austin/events/160041362/
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