And the reason for that is because the files contain invalid UTF-8 characters. You might be good without BOM if you fix the broken files.
As an example, in advayatArakopaniSat-M00102-IAST.txt, line 31 has “pūrṇamadaḥ � iti śāntiḥ” where the middle character is supposed to be dash I assume, but it is not UTF-8 encoded. I attach list of all the files with invalid characters. Also note that the following links are broken on the individual files page: kedārakalpa<https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/kedArakalpa-M00671-IAST.txt> tatvaśodhanam<https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/tatvazodhanam-M00655-IAST.txt> bṛhattantrasāra<https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/bRhattantrasAra-M00013-IAST.txt> śrīcakrasādhanam<https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/zrIcakrasAdhanam-M00652-IAST.txt> śrīvidyānityapaddhati<https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/zrIvidyAnityapaddhati-M00654-IAST.txt> Hope this helps. Best regards, Jan Kučera ल Institute of South and Central Asia Students, Prague From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jan Kucera Sent: středa 27. listopadu 2024 9:51 To: Harry Spier <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Help needed from Indologist with a Mac. Dear Harry, I confirm that some of the files are opened with wrong encoding in TextEdit. Unfortunately, TextEdit refuses to open it with UTF-8 when you pick it manually. You could fix this by including a BOM mark at the beginning of the file. Let me know if you need any assistance. Thanks, Jan From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Harry Spier via INDOLOGY Sent: středa 27. listopadu 2024 2:39 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Help needed from Indologist with a Mac. Dear list members, I've just added a feature to the Muktabodha digital library where you can download individual files. These are plain text files encoded in utf-8, but I'm getting some feedback that when some users download and open these text files, then some files display correctly but in other files the characters with diacriticals are not being displayed correctly. I think this is just a Mac problem and (I don't have a Mac and my windows computer displays correctly) and I've seen some postings about UTF-8 not working in TEXTEDIT. Could a Mac user download a few of the etexts from the individual file download https://muktalib7.com/DL_CATALOG_ROOT/MUKTABODHA-LIBRARY-IAST/UTF8-TITLE-LINK-LIST.html see if some display incorrectly and if they do then in TextEdit change the encoding from automatic to UTF-8 and re-open the file. The instructions I've seen for doing this in TextEdit are: In the TextEdit app on your Mac, choose File > Open, then select the file (don’t open it). Click Options in the lower-left corner of the window. Click the Plain Text Encoding pop-up menu and choose an encoding. Thanks, Harry Spier
advayatArakopaniSat-M00102-IAST.txt AgamaprAmANya-M00001-IAST.txt ahirbudhnya saMhita Volume 1-M00002a-IAST.txt ahirbudhnya saMhita Volume 2-M00002b-IAST.txt amRtezvaradikSAvidhi-M00539-IAST.txt aMzumatkAzyapAgama-M00198-IAST.txt anAdivIrazaivasaGgraha-M00615-IAST.txt Anandatantra-M00066-IAST.txt anuttaraprakAzapaJcAzikA-M0511-IAST.txt ASTaprakaraNa bhogakArikA-M00005-IAST.txt ASTaprakaraNa mokSakArikA-M00006-IAST.txt ASTaprakaraNa nAdakArikA-M00007-IAST.txt ASTaprakaraNa paramokSanirAsakArikA-M00008-IAST.txt bhagavadgItA-M00167-IAST.txt bRhannIlatantra-M00116-IAST.txt brhattantrasAra-M00013-IAST.txt devInAmavilAsa-M00166-IAST.txt devIrahasya-M00310-IAST.txt dhvajArohaNavarSavarddhanavidhi-M00542-IAST.txt dhyAnaratnAvali-E0008-IAST.txt dIkSAprakAza-M00015-IAST.txt dIkSAvidhi-M00543-IAST.txt dvizatikAlottara-M00200-IAST.txt gorakSazataka-M00522-IAST.txt hAhArAvatantra-M00283-IAST.txt IzAnazivagurudevapaddhati Volume 1-M00016-IAST.txt IzAnazivagurudevapaddhati Volume 2-M00017-IAST.txt IzAnazivagurudevapaddhati Volume 3-M00018-IAST.txt IzAnazivagurudevapaddhati Volume 4-M00233-IAST.txt IzvarapratyabhijJAkaumudI-M00053-IAST.txt IzvarapratyabhijJAvimarzinI-M00019-IAST.txt IzvarapratyabhijJAvimarzinIvyAkhyA-M00197-IAST.txt jayAkhyasaMhitA-M00123-IAST.txt jJAnArNavatantra-M00069-IAST.txt kaivalyasAra-M00602-IAST.txt kAlAnalatantra-M00193-IAST.txt kalpavRkSa-M00051-IAST.txt kAmaratnatantra-M00239-IAST.txt kAmezvarIpUjA-M00546-IAST.txt kaulajJAnanirNaya-M00027-IAST.txt krIyakramAdyotikA-M00126-IAST.txt kriyAsAra volume 2-M00050-IAST.txt kubjikAguhyezvarIpUjApaddhati-M00547-IAST.txt kubjikAgurumaNDalapUjA-M00548-IAST.txt kubjikApUjA-M00549-IAST.txt kubjikAtantra-M00030-IAST.txt kulamuktikallolinI-M00318-IAST.txt kulapradIpa-M00068-IAST.txt lakSmItantra-M00206-IAST.txt lalitaasahasranaama-M00057-IAST.txt lallezvarIvAkyAni-M00032-IAST.txt mahAnayaprakAza-M00033-IAST.txt mahAnayaprakAza-M00034-IAST.txt mahAnirvAnatantra-M00049-IAST.txt mahApratyaGgIrA-M00552-IAST.txt mahAvAkyopaniSat-M00109-IAST.txt mahotsavavidhikrama-M00131-IAST.txt makuTAgama-M00036-IAST.txt mAlinIvijayavArtika-M00158-IAST.txt matatrayaikyaprakAzikA-E0009-IAST.txt merutantra-M00195-IAST.txt mokSasopAna-M00315-IAST.txt mRgendrAgama-M00037-IAST.txt mRtyuNjayapUjApaddhati-M00554-IAST.txt mukuTAgama-M00424-IAST.txt narezvaraparIkSA-M00039-IAST.txt nATyazAstram Vol. 3-M00362-IAST.txt netratantra-M00038-IAST.txt nirvANaguhyakAlIpUjA-M00557-IAST.txt nityASoDazikArNavatantra with the commentary called setubandha-M00052-IAST.txt paJcaratnavyAkhyA-M00603-IAST.txt parAkramapUjA-M0311-IAST.txt parAtriMzikAvivaraNa-M0409-IAST.txt parAtrIzikAlaghuvRtti-M00042-IAST.txt parAtrizikAtAtparyadIpikA and zAktavijJAna-M00043-IAST.txt parAtrizikAvivRti-M00044-IAST.txt parazurAmakalpasUtra-M00214-IAST.txt pauSkara saMhitA-M00259-IAST.txt pauSkaravRtti-M00196-IAST.txt pazcimajyeSThAmnAyakarmArcanapaddhati-M00566-IAST.txt prANatoSiNI arthakANDa-M00072-IAST.txt prANatoSiNI dharmakANDa-M00071-IAST.txt prANatoSiNI kamyakANDa-M00073-IAST.txt prANatoSiNI part 6-M00061-IAST.txt prANatoSiNI sargakANDa-M00070-IAST.txt purazcaryArNava volume 1-M00045-IAST.txt purazcaryArNava volume 2-M00046-IAST.txt purazcaryArNava volume 3-M00047-IAST.txt revantapUjA-M00563-IAST.txt rudrayamalatantra uttarakANDa-M00074-IAST.txt sakalAgamasArasaGgraha-M00063-IAST.txt samayadIkSAdhivAsanavidhi-M00564-IAST.txt sarvajJAnottaravRttiH-M00227-IAST.txt sarvollasatantra-M00120-IAST.txt SaTtriMzAttattvasandoha-M00151-IAST.txt saubhAgyataraGgiNI-M00312-IAST.txt sUkSmAgama-M00329-IAST.txt svacchandapaddhati-M00194-IAST.txt svacchandatantra-M00091-IAST.txt tantrAloka chapters 1 thru 14-M00092-IAST.txt tantrAloka chapters 15 thru 38-M00093-IAST.txt tantrarAjatantra-M00122-IAST.txt tantrasAra-M00153-IAST.txt tArAbhaktisudhArNava-M00055-IAST.txt tArArahasya-M00095-IAST.txt tArArahasyavRttikA-M00096-IAST.txt tattvacintAmaNi chapters 01 thru 05-M00085-IAST.txt tattvacintAmaNi chapters 06 thru 10-M00086-IAST.txt tattvacintAmaNi chapters 11 thru 15-M00087-IAST.txt tattvacintAmaNi chapters 16 thru end-M00088-IAST.txt uDDAmezvaratantra-M00169-IAST.txt vAmakezvarImata-M00097-IAST.txt vArAhItantra-M00317-IAST.txt varivasyArahasya-M00098-IAST.txt vAruNapaddhati-M00223-IAST.txt vijayottaratantra-E0010-IAST.txt vIrAgama-M00253-IAST.txt viraktotpattikriyAlakSaNa-M00619-IAST.txt vIrazaivAcArapradIpikA-M00609-IAST.txt vIrazaivAnandacandrikA-M00611-IAST.txt vIrazaivasiddhAntottarakaumudI-M00604-IAST.txt vIrazaivasiddhAntottarakaumudI-M00605-IAST.txt vIrazaivotkarSapradIpikA-M00612-IAST.txt vyomavyApistava-M00059-IAST.txt yoginIhRdaya-M00115-IAST.txt yoginiitantra-M00064-IAST.txt zaivakalAviveka-M00181-IAST.txt zaivasiddhAntaparibhASA-M00075-IAST.txt zaivasiddhAntaparibhASAmaJjarI-M00254-IAST.txt zAktAnandataraGgiNI-M00134-IAST.txt zAktapramoda-M00054-IAST.txt zAradAtilaka-M00077-IAST.txt zataratnasaMgraha-M00078-IAST.txt zivAdvaitadarpaNa-M00606-IAST.txt zivAdvaitimaJjarI-M00607-IAST.txt zivAgamAdimAhAtmya-M00058-IAST.txt zivArcanacandrikA-M00079-IAST.txt zrIkarabhAsya-M00346-IAST.txt
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