On Monday February 27 2023 02:39, you wrote to me:
MvV>> Notepad handles UTF-8 quit well but the last time I tried it as MvV>> external editor for Golded it insisted on adding a BOM to the MvV>> message text. That was many years ago so maybe newer versions of MvV>> notepad do not do that anymore. Adding or using a BOM in UTF-8 MvV>> text is considered obsolete practise.
CJ> Here, on Windos 11, Notepad does not require a BOM.
My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.