Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad

[Mats Bengtsson]

The corresponding code in lily/lexer.ll which takes care of the BOM 
hasn't been changed for many years as far as I know.

   /Mats

Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote:
> It is a regression. BOM was supported for sure.
>
> Patrick McCarty wrote:
> > On 2009-11-11, Francisco Vila wrote:
> >   
> > > Hello. When LilyPond for Linux encounters a BOM from files made with
> > > the Windows notepad, it issues an error.
> > >     
> >
> > Has this always been the case, or is this a new issue with 2.13.7?
> >
> >   
> > > I think it should continue making the PDF anyway, because the file has
> > > an otherwise correct syntax; what do you think?
> > >     
> >
> > Yes, definitely.  The BOM is permitted by the UTF-8 spec, so an error
> > should not be issued.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
> >
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