From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2011-05-21T05:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - ruby yaml - utf-8 characters not human readable

On May 20, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Ilias Lazaridis wrote:

> After reading within some archives, it seems that the standard-
> behaviour of ruby is to save utf-8 data within yaml files in this
> form:
> 
> δοκιμή => "\x9B\xA6\xA1\xA0\xA3\xE3"
> 
> Is this so?
> 
> If yes, what is the simplest way to change this behaviour?
> 
> Requirements:
> 
> * solution should be usable for end-users
> * solution should not require any changes within the application
> which uses yaml
> 
> Example solution:
> 
> * gem install another-yaml-which-saves-human-readable-utf-8
> 
> .
> 
> --
> http://lazaridis.com
> 

Here's an idea:

"Fix" it yourself. I'd also ask you to quit with the subject FUD but we all know you don't know how to read other people's replies.

- Jason