On 09.11.2021 18:49, Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrote:
Hi,

hey Jukka,

I was about to add some missing translations into Finnish language file in 
GitHub but I noticed this warning:

"We've detected the file encoding as ISO-8859-1. When you commit changes we will 
transcode it to UTF-8."

neat of github webui to warn! i'm surprised, positively.

However, with Java properties files I think that should not be done because Java 
"properties files should be  encoded in ISO 8859-1 character encoding. Characters 
that cannot be directly represented in this encoding can be written using Unicode 
escapes" (from 
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Properties.html).

correct

What is the right method to edit the language files and not to mess the right 
character encoding? Should I edit the whole file outside GitHub and replace the 
whole jump_fi.properties file? And if so, how to replace files in GitHub?

as the github webui fails, the only proper way is to use a git client, clone 
the repo edit and push.

but actually the ISO9959-1 is a legacy and there are lot's of reasons to switch 
the repo over to UTF-8 (especially the ease of use to international 
contributers). maybe you wanna wait for that?

additionally, of course
1. you can download a snapshot containing a lang/ folder or download the file 
from github
2. do the edits
3. post it here
and me or Mike will commit it then.

hope that helped.. healthy regards ede




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