Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:29:34 -0400> From: Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] How to decode chinese characters for extension translation? (*.i18n.php)> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:21 PM, M Sz <echalone(a)hotmail.com> wrote:> > Hi there!> >> > I have written the WikiTimeLine extension and a nice user has translated the interface to chinese. But now I have a problem: How do I translate those chinese signs into ANSI Text characters for the wikitimeline.i18n.php message storage file? I have seen that Wikipedia splits those signs into ANSI characters, but I haven't found any way to decode those chinese signs!> >> > Any possible way in php and/or javascript would be ok, I can quickly program such a little helping tool... I just don't know how. I have tried a bit around, but I didn't found the right way to do.> > All MediaWiki files use UTF-8 encoding, not ANSI. If you're using> UTF-8-capable programs, you should be able to just copy and paste into> the files and save. If you're using some trash like Notepad, that may> not work correctly.> > _______________________________________________> Wikitech-l mailing list> Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:15:14 -0400> From: Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] How to decode chinese characters for extension translation? (*.i18n.php)> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:06 PM, M Sz <echalone(a)hotmail.com> wrote:> > Ok thanks, it worked with UltraEdit (and Format UTF8 - without BOM), but UltraEdit is just a Trial Version. Does somebody know a good UTF8 Editor for Windows that's free?Anyway, thanks!> > I used to use TextPad and Notepad++, which are both free as in beer> but not as in speech. For real free software, you could always use> something like gvim, but it's not really noted for its ease of use.> > _______________________________________________> Wikitech-l mailing list> Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

M Sz schrieb: I like jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/ OpenSource (released under GPL) Raymond. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l