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GoombaGeek

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Language file symbols
« on: September 19, 2012, 12:34:20 pm »

For some reason, the language files use unrelated symbols where accented letters would go. There may be a simple rule to deducing them but here are the ones I've worked out myself:
˜ = ÿ
‹ = ï
¡ = í (not a lowercase I but an inverted !)
„ = Ä
ƒ = â
‚ = é (standard comma, I think)
Š = è
‰ = ë
£ = ú
• = ò
¤ = Ñ (auto-capitalizes depending on placement in word)
‡ = Ç (ditto)

These may have already been found but I couldn't locate a thread so here's my interpretation. If the symbols vary meaning between language raw files, we're screwed.

Also, it's not all, but it is quite a few. I just didn't want to find every single one right now :I
« Last Edit: September 19, 2012, 12:36:05 pm by GoombaGeek »
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Re: Language file symbols
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 02:51:02 pm »

Here's my take from a while ago. I think Hugo's modding resource has it.

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Re: Language file symbols
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 05:06:02 pm »

If you use Notepad++, you can open up the language file and select "Encoding>Character Sets>Western European>OEM-US". Makes it show the proper characters. (Just remember to change it back to "Encoding>Encode in ANSI" when you're done.)

Similar can be done in MS Word and OpenOffice, but if ye're using those to edit RAWs then you're probably not too worried about efficiency 0_o
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