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<p>Hi Martin</p>
<p>As you can see on the screenshots the file format from Xtherion editor is the same as the first line of the file.<br />(but real file format seems to be UTF-8 as Visual Studio Code is saying)<br />When I change the file format with XTherion the first line (not shown in XTherion editor) is autmatically changed corresponding.</p>
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<p>The file was created and edited with XTherion editor. Resulting in that problem.<br />My only solution was to edit the file in an external editor (without changing file format).<br />This does work now but the character within Xtherion editor is corrupted...</p>
<p>For me there is a file format problem inside XTherion (may be with special circumstances).<br />Or someone can explain to me what I did wrong.</p>
<p>regards, Torsten</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">Am 2026-05-28 17:31, schrieb Martin Budaj:</p>
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<div>there is a simple rule: the encoding given in the first line of the .th file should match the actual file encoding.</div>
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<div>If you reencode your file to another encoding, you must modify the first line (encoding xxx) accordingly.</div>
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<div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM Torsten Schnitter <<a href="mailto:torsten.schnitter@netcologne.de" rel="noreferrer">torsten.schnitter@netcologne.de</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p>Hi all</p>
<p>Problem found and solved.</p>
<p>I do use commands to import different layouts inside the thconfig file:<br /> input ..\_Therion\_Layouts\<a href="http://area_blocks_hdens.th" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">area_blocks_hdens.th</a></p>
<p>This file was edited with XTherion and saved as "iso8859-1":<br /><img src="cid:17800382366a193a5c5ea12354646091@netcologne.de" width="691" height="232" /><br />As someone can see: text de .... seems to be OK (especially the character ö)</p>
<p>When opening this file with Visual Studio Code it looks like:<br /><img src="cid:17800382366a193a5c5f0b0853616347@netcologne.de" width="688" height="310" /><br />Now the character does NOT look ok (and format of file is UTF-8 as you can see at the bottom of the screenshot)</p>
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<p>Just changing within Visual Studio Code this single character in line 2 (not changing the format) and saving the file does solve the problem:<br /><img src="cid:17800382366a193a5c5f710519650013@netcologne.de" width="688" height="313" /></p>
<p>But now the file looks somehow wrong inside XTherion:<br /><img src="cid:17800382366a193a5c5fd97146595538@netcologne.de" width="683" height="233" /></p>
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<p>Seems to be a problem with XTherin file editor and file formats....<br />Attached the actual and working layout file.</p>
<p>For me I will not use XTherion file editor anymore and will edit files with Visual Studio Code.</p>
<p>best regards, Torsten</p>
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<p id="v1m_5079373648216132927reply-intro">Am 2026-05-28 12:07, schrieb <a href="mailto:knollesimage@t-online.de" rel="noreferrer">knollesimage@t-online.de</a>:</p>
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<p><span>Same <span>behavior</span> <span>here</span>:</span></p>
<p><span>Running <span>therion</span> 6.4.0 on a <span>thconfig</span> file automatically inserts "encoding UTF-8" in the first line, if it is not there already.</span></p>
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<p><span>Regards, Michael.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span>From:</span></strong><span> <span>Therion</span> <<a href="mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk" rel="noreferrer">therion-bounces@speleo.sk</a>> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong><span>Torsten</span> <span>Schnitter</span><br /><strong>Sent:</strong> <span>Mittwoch</span>, 27. Mai 2026 14:00<br /><strong>To:</strong> <span>Therion</span> <<a href="mailto:therion@speleo.sk" rel="noreferrer">therion@speleo.sk</a>><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> [<span>Therion</span>] Compiling error due to encoding</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hello</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I <span>have</span> a <span>thconfig</span> <span>file</span> <span>where</span> I <span>use</span> <span>the</span> <span>statement</span> "<span>language</span> de"/"<span>language</span> en" <span>to</span> switch <span>language</span> <span>for</span> <span>the</span> <span>output</span>.<br /><span>Within</span> <span>the</span> <span>config</span> <span>file</span> I <span>use</span> <span>some</span> <span>translations</span> like <span>this</span>:<br />...<br /> <span>text</span> de "<span>point</span> <span>passage-height:unsigned</span>" "<span>Ganghöhe</span>"<br />...<br /> <span>text</span> en "<span>point</span> <span>passage-height:unsigned</span>" "<span>passage</span> <span>height</span>"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Every time I <span>try</span> <span>to</span> <span>compile</span> <span>with</span> "<span>language</span> de" I <span>get</span> an <span>error</span>:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">#################### end <span>of</span> <span>metapost</span> log <span>file</span> ####################<br /><span>converting</span> <span>scraps</span> ... <span>done</span><br />C:\Program Files\<span>Therion</span>\therion.exe: <span>error</span> -- Invalid utf-8 <span>string</span>!<br /><span>writing</span> <span>xtherion</span> <span>file</span> ... <span>done</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As <span>soon</span> <span>as</span> I switch back <span>to</span> "<span>language</span> en" <span>it</span> <span>does</span> <span>work</span>.<br /><span>Therefore</span> <span>I'm</span> <span>pretty</span> <span>sure</span> <span>it</span> <span>is</span> due <span>to</span> <span>the</span> <span>special</span> <span>characters</span> like 'ö'.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I <span>opened</span> <span>the</span> <span>thconfig</span> <span>file</span> <span>with</span> an external <span>editor</span> (Visual Studio Code), <span>removed</span> <span>the</span> <span>first</span> <span>line</span> "<span>encoding</span> utf-8" and <span>saved</span> <span>the</span> <span>file</span> <span>with</span> <span>encoding</span> "ISO 8859-1".</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As <span>soon</span> <span>as</span> I open <span>the</span> <span>thconfig</span> <span>file</span> <span>with</span> <span>XTherion</span> and <span>start</span> <span>compile</span> <span>the</span> <span>format</span> <span>is</span> <span>resetted</span> <span>to</span> utf-8 and <span>within</span> <span>the</span> <span>thconfig</span> <span>file</span> <span>the</span> <span>first</span> <span>line</span> <span>is</span> <span>replaced</span> <span>to</span> "<span>encoding</span> utf-8" (checke <span>this</span> <span>again</span> <span>with</span> Visual Studio Code". And <span>the</span> <span>error</span> <span>above</span> <span>is</span> <span>the</span> <span>result</span>.<br /><span>Only</span> <span>opening</span> <span>the</span> <span>config</span> <span>file</span> and <span>closing</span> <span>again</span> <span>without</span> <span>any</span> <span>changes</span> <span>does</span> <span>change</span> <span>the</span> <span>encoding</span> <span>line</span> in <span>the</span> <span>config</span> <span>file</span> <span>to</span> utf-8.</span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span>using</span> <span>Therion</span> 6.4.0 and <span>can't</span> <span>remeber</span> <span>when</span> <span>this</span> <span>behaviour</span>/<span>problem</span> <span>raised</span>.<br /><span>I'm</span> <span>pretty</span> <span>sure</span> <span>some</span> time <span>ago</span> <span>this</span> <span>did</span> <span>work</span> <span>without</span> <span>error</span>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Any <span>help</span> <span>is</span> <span>appreciated</span>. <span>Thanks</span> in <span>advance</span>!<br /><span>regards</span>, Torsten</span></p>
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