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--- any2utf8:howto [2024/03/07 11:40] – created eros
+++ any2utf8:howto [2024/03/11 11:35] (current) – [Download] eros
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-====== Any2UTF8 ======
+====== Any2UTF8 HowTo ======
 Any2UTF8 is a simple tool to convert plain text file in any character encoding to UTF8.
-The program automatically detects the character encoding of the source file and converts it to UTF8.
+==== Download ====
-It is also possibile to perform batch conversions of entire folders containing files in mixed encodings, the encoding of each file will be detected and converted to UTF8, if a file is already in UTF8 it will not be converted.
+The latest version is 1.1 (released on March 8th, 2024) is available on the official website: https://any2utf8.dipintra.it/
-===== Download =====
+==== What the app does ====
-The latest version is 1.0, released on March 6th, 2024.
+The app automatically detects the character encoding of the source file and converts it to UTF8.
-=== Windows ===
+It is also possibile to perform batch conversions of entire folders containing files in mixed encodings, the encoding of each file will be detected and converted to UTF8, if a file is already in UTF8 it will not be converted.
-{{:any2utf8:download:windows_32x32.png?nolink|}} {{ :any2utf8:download:any2utf8.msi |Download for Windows}}
+Files that are not plain text will be skipped (i.e. Word and PDF files will not be converted, but XML and HTML files will be).
-=== MacOS ===
+**NB**: batch conversion is **recursive**, which means that all files in the subfolders will be converted too, and the folder structure of the source folder will be recreated.
-{{:any2utf8:download:mac_32x32.png?nolink|}} {{ :any2utf8:download:any2utf8.dmg |Download for MacOS (ARM64)}}
+==== How to use the command-line version (advanced users) ====
-=== Portable version (any platform) ===
-{{:any2utf8:download:java.png?nolink|}} {{ :any2utf8:download:any2utf8.zip|Download portable version (Requires Java 8 or later)}}
-==== Command-line version (advanced users) ====
 A command-line version of the program is included in the zip file of the portable version (Java 8 or later is required), launch it using:
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 java -jar any2utf8-cli.jar --help
 </code>
-===== License =====
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
-Thanks to [[https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/steganography|Steganography icons created by Vectors Tank - Flaticon]] for the program icon!