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[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2020-03-14 at 10:33:31 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:

 > Paulo,
 >
 > Just one comment: there is nothing like the "correct
 > encoding". Here in Japan we use daily at least two to three.
 >
 > So files that are in the encoding idea by those people mostly using
 > the software are in the correct encoding, even if it is not utf8.

The problem is not the encoding itself.  The problem is that many file
formats don't allow to specify the encoding.  Positive examples are
HTML and LaTeX where you (can|have to) declare the encoding.  HTML
pages are broken almost everywhere if no encoding is specified.

I agree with Paulo that UTF-8 is the preferred encoding, whenever
possible.  The world is quite small nowadays.

Is there any reason why Japanese prefer other encodings than UTF-8?

AFAIK Vietnamese nowadays prefer UTF-8 over VISCII.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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