On Tuesday, April 03, 2018 07:54:35 AM Nicolas George wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com (2018-04-03): > > Next I'll have to refresh my memory on how to replace the existing From > > with From preceded by the null character, i.e., something like: > > > > Find: \n\nFrom > > Replace with \n\n0x00\nFrom > > This is a very bad idea, and you are obviously about tu reproduce the > errors of the past. > > You need to change your design.
I don't understand the errors of the past nor is it feasible to change my design. Two points: * the other half of the above replacement is deleting the 0x00 after sorting (unless it is totally innocuous, which it might be) * my design is what I'd call a mashup of existing programs that use and require a specified file format (basically, mbox)--the programs that I use include kmail, nail, recol, kate, and, in the future, any editor which uses Scintilla, and, I would hope to be able to use any email program that can use mbox files. > You obviously have free-form text, with > possibly some rigid syntax but not enough for your needs. Therefore, you > cannot use a delimiter inside the text. You have to put your structure > outside the text. > > It is very typical of the "problems" people have with UTF-8: the problem > resides not in the properties of UTF-8 but in the unwritten assumptions > about the way they should be implementing things. > > Regards,