On: Stop using Windows Notepad

[wendroid]

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/utf.html

Doesn't say anthing about BOM.

[harshpotatoes → wendroid]

"In UTF-8, the BOM corresponds to the byte sequence <EF16 BB16 BF16>. Although there are never any questions of byte order with UTF-8 text, this sequence can serve as signature for UTF-8 encoded text where the character set is unmarked."

http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.2.0/ch16.pdf

[wendroid → harshpotatoes]

You can always trust a standards body to screw something up.