On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Oleg Broytman <phd@phdru.name> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 07:04:20AM +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Glenn Linderman <v+python@g.nevcal.com> wrote:
"cp1251 of utf-8 encoding" is non-sensical. Either it is cp1251 or it is utf-8, but it is not both. Maybe you meant "or" instead of "of".
I'd assume "or" meant there, rather than "of", it's a common typo.
Not sure why 1251, specifically
This is the encoding of Russian Windows. Files and emails in Russia are mostly in cp1251 encoding; something like 60-70%, I think. The second popular encoding is cp866 (Russian DOS); it's used by Windows as OEM encoding.
Yeah, that makes sense. In any case, you pick one "most likely" 8-bit encoding and go with it. ChrisA