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curprev 19:0319:03, 18 February 2025 Guy Harris talk contribs 15,502 bytes +16 →String constants: String constants in VS; other compilers may differ. undo

curprev 22:3722:37, 1 February 2025 Jamarr81 talk contribs 15,486 bytes +421 →UTF-8: Added a second citation for Visual Studio's internal usage of the UTF-8 encoding. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 19:4419:44, 30 January 2025 Jamarr81 talk contribs 15,065 bytes +481 →UTF-8: Added a web citation/reference stating that Visual Studio switched to UTF-8 internally prior to Feb. 2016. The article insinuates this happened sometime between VS2008/VS2010 and VS2015. undo

curprev 20:1820:18, 28 January 2025 Spitzak talk contribs 14,584 bytes +89 →String constants undo
curprev 20:1420:14, 28 January 2025 Spitzak talk contribs 14,495 bytes −133 →Compilers: Remove text that replicates introduction sentence and is fairly obvious anyway, and the "work around" would work anyways. undo

curprev 20:5420:54, 26 October 2024 Spitzak talk contribs 14,628 bytes −562 Undid revision 1253560523 by Comp.arch (talk) No CRT did not translate UTF-8 to whatever the OS needed and thus has nothing to do with this undo Tag: Undo
curprev 16:5916:59, 26 October 2024 Comp.arch talk contribs 15,190 bytes +562 Microsoft supports UCRT down to Windows XP and thus UFTF-8. undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 18:3218:32, 25 September 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 14,628 bytes +20 Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}} undo
curprev 18:1118:11, 25 September 2024 Spitzak talk contribs 14,608 bytes −84 →Programming platforms: Remove "obsolete source" since that is obvious due to the "at one time" at start of sentence undo

curprev 23:0723:07, 20 July 2024 Spitzak talk contribs 14,788 bytes −148 Undid revision 1235679562 by Comp.arch (talk) I think everyone knows that 2019 is in the past undo Tag: Undo
curprev 16:1116:11, 20 July 2024 Comp.arch talk contribs 14,936 bytes +148 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 00:5200:52, 23 June 2023 Persent101 talk contribs 14,779 bytes +78 Adding short description: "Overview on Unicode implementation in Microsoft Windows" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 02:1802:18, 1 June 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 14,701 bytes +89 Add: date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Spinixster | Category:Unicode | #UCB_Category 19/66 undo

curprev 16:4816:48, 12 March 2023 Comp.arch talk contribs 12,920 bytes 0 <ref name="Microsoft-UTF-8">{{cite web|title=Use UTF-8 code pages in Windows apps|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/globalizing/use-utf8-code-page |access-date=2020-06-06 |quote=As of Windows version 1903 (May 2019 update), you can use the ActiveCodePage property in the appxmanifest for packaged apps, or the fusion manifest for unpackaged apps, to force a process to use UTF-8 as the process code page. [...] <code>CP_ACP</code> equates to <code>CP_UTF8</code> onl undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 15:2015:20, 12 March 2023 Comp.arch talk contribs 12,920 bytes +1,295 Microsoft does recommend, with "Use UTF-8", and describing UTF-16 a "[unique] burden", so not only "encouraging [its] use". Also "UTF-8 is the default and only code page on console, so we recommend -A APIs to take full advantage of that." undo

curprev 19:0919:09, 11 March 2023 93.230.217.137 talk 11,625 bytes −384 Removed COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT bloat undo

curprev 16:3916:39, 3 March 2023 Spitzak talk contribs 12,217 bytes 0 →UTF-8 undo
curprev 16:3616:36, 3 March 2023 Spitzak talk contribs 12,217 bytes −368 →UTF-8: Try to clarify why boost is relevant undo
curprev 16:3116:31, 3 March 2023 Spitzak talk contribs 12,585 bytes +1,178 Undid revision 1142616831 by 93.230.217.137 (talk) I have no idea why this guy thinks how 'A' was emulated on Unicode is "irrelevant". I will try to edit the other text to make it clearer why it is relevant. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 12:2412:24, 3 March 2023 93.230.217.137 talk 11,407 bytes −1,178 COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT Content removed: this article is about UNICODE, not about crap like Boost! undo Tags: Undo Reverted references removed

curprev 13:3613:36, 28 February 2023 Spitzak talk contribs 12,585 bytes +1,178 Undid revision 1142091595 by 93.230.217.137 (talk) cut it out this is EXTREMELY relevant undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 13:0513:05, 28 February 2023 93.230.217.137 talk 11,407 bytes −1,178 IRRELEVANT CRAP REMOVED! undo Tags: Undo Reverted references removed

curprev 12:5312:53, 25 February 2023 Spitzak talk contribs 12,585 bytes +1,178 No edit summary undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 08:3908:39, 25 February 2023 93.230.217.137 talk 11,407 bytes −805 Irrelevant content removed: Boost is no part/component of Windows undo Tags: Reverted references removed
curprev 08:3708:37, 25 February 2023 93.230.217.137 talk 12,212 bytes −9 →External links undo Tag: Reverted