[XeTeX] xetex doesn't recognize/replace all invalid utf8 bytes

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 29, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> 
> 
> But beware, if you edit anything and resave within the TeXshop shell,
> then the encoding can be converted to something else.
> Then the errors go away, as the file has changed --- which, of course,
> is a disaster for the intended information.
> 
> 

Howdy,

How about using the line

% !TEX encoding = xxxxxx

where xxxxxx is IsoLatin (for Latin1), MacOSRoman (for Mac OS Roman) and UTF-8 Unicode (for ...) near the top of the file BEFORE saving. Will that save it in the encoding you want?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)