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UTF-8 Text Editors: Tell BOM and No-BOM Files Apart Without Guessing
Two UTF-8 files can display exactly the same text while differing at the byte level. A UTF-8 byte order mark i […]
EPUB Images: Keep Manuscript References Intact When Files Move
An EPUB image problem often appears after a manuscript or image is moved, not when the image is first inserted […]
Safe Grep in a Text Editor: Search, Scope, Preview, Replace, and Verify
A grep-like search inside a text editor should help you inspect a change before it spreads across a manuscript […]
Japanese Editing on Mac: Test Twenty Selection-to-Recovery Correction Cycles
Japanese input quality on a Mac is not only the first conversion. After committing text, you repeatedly select […]
Text Editor Tabs: Organize Chapters, References, and Results Without Losing Draft State
When a text editor fills with tabs, keeping every file open is not the same as keeping work organized. Separat […]
How to Compare Japanese Text Editors by Character Selection and Input Protection
Searching for a “Japanese-made text editor” does not by itself tell you how well an editor handles Japanese pr […]
Text Editor Headings: Keep a Long Manuscript Navigable with H1-H6
A text editor may support headings from H1 through H6, but a long manuscript does not need to use all six leve […]
Text Editor Formatting: Test Bold, Italic, and Strikethrough as a Round Trip
To prevent missing or oversized formatting in a text editor, inspect four states: the original text, the marke […]
A Three-Pane Text Editor Layout for a Thesis Chapter and Sources
A useful three-pane layout for thesis editing assigns one job to each pane. Keep the previous draft on the lef […]
Choose a Mac Text Editor for Japanese: Test Character-Class Selection with 12 Fixtures
When choosing a Mac text editor for Japanese, a feature label cannot tell you whether text selection will matc […]
Large-Manuscript Diagnosis: Bytes, Characters, and Reduced Display
Before opening a file that looks large, record byte size and character count as different values. Rune Studio’ […]
Editing After 300,000 Characters: Replacing Stopped Display Aids
When line numbers, registered-term highlights, and continuous character counting stop in a manuscript of at le […]