class File
Public Class Methods
read_utf8( path )
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# File lib/textutils/core_ext/file.rb, line 4 def self.read_utf8( path ) text = open( path, 'r:bom|utf-8' ) do |file| file.read end ## ## todo: make normalize newlines into a filter (for easy (re)use) ## normalize newlines ## always use LF \n (Unix): ## ## convert CR/LF \r\n (Windows) => \n ## convert CR \r (old? Mac) => \n -- still in use? text = text.gsub( /\r\n|\r/, "\n" ) # NB: for convenience: convert fancy unicode dashes/hyphens to plain ascii hyphen-minus text = TextUtils.convert_unicode_dashes_to_plain_ascii( text, path: path ) text end