UTF-8 support in Replace List filters?
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:58 am
The recent versions 9.5.1 and 9.5.2 state this in the release notes:
I can paste UTF-8 characters into both search and replace fields for a Perl Replace filter, with UTF-8 support already ticked, and they display as pasted.
Yet when I paste the same characters into a Perl Replace List filter, with UTF-8 support already ticked, accented characters are stripped of their accents and/or the Unicode characters are converted to a question mark.
Please explain the design philosophy for this difference.
When Utf8 Support is checked for replace filters, Unicode characters in the
search for and replace with fields are now correctly converted to UTF-8 prior
to being processed by the PCRE engine.
It's evident that this new aspect of UT-8 support appertains only to the Replace filter, but not to the Replace list filter.Fixed UTF-8 mode perl pattern replace strings from being converted to utf-8.
I can paste UTF-8 characters into both search and replace fields for a Perl Replace filter, with UTF-8 support already ticked, and they display as pasted.
Yet when I paste the same characters into a Perl Replace List filter, with UTF-8 support already ticked, accented characters are stripped of their accents and/or the Unicode characters are converted to a question mark.
Please explain the design philosophy for this difference.