2011/12/29 Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org>: > >>>>> Most accidental uses of other encodings can't be confused with >>>>> valid UTF-8 characters. Maybe we could produce an error message >>>>> that is informative enough to help the user resolve the problem >>>>> on his own? >>> >>> I don't think this is possible. >> >> Why? > > How will you discern intended and unintended input? Additionally, due > to FontConfig providing a fallback mechanism for missing characters, > you normally don't get warnings if you are getting a `strange' letter.
What about a "maybe error" message? Something like "you file doesn't use utf-8 encoding. For best results you may want to save your input encoded in utf-8, see Program Usage Manual chapter x section y for more information". cheers, Janek _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
