MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Perform some basic encoding detection
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Description
Related: #523 #652 and probably others.
We should add some simple encoding options. The most simple way is to perform encoding-detection and support UTF-8 and UTF-16. These are very easily extinguishable, and we can always default to UTF-8 when in doubt.
A more involved implementation should add a dropdown in the open dialog, and both Reopen with encoding and Convert to encoding sub-menus. These are not difficult, but quite a lot of work to do.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review related issues #523 and #652 and the open-dialog flow first; the issue names no file or test entry point. Done means detecting UTF-8 and UTF-16 with UTF-8 as the fallback, plus implementing the requested open-dialog dropdown and reopen/convert encoding menus if the broader scope is included.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100