How do I specify non-ASCII strings in a properties file?
You can specify any Unicode character with a \uXXXX escape sequence. For a supplementary character, you need two escape sequences, one for each of the two UTF-16 code units. The XXXX denotes the 4 hexadecimal digits for the value of the UTF-16 code unit. For example, a properties file might have the following entries:s1=hello there s2=\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306fIf you have edited and saved the file in a non-ASCII encoding, you can convert it to ASCII with the native2ascii tool. For example, you might want to do this when editing a properties file in Shift_JIS, a popular Japanese encoding.
You can specify any Unicode character with a \uXXXX escape sequence. For a supplementary character, you need two escape sequences, one for each of the two UTF-16 code units. The XXXX denotes the 4 hexadecimal digits for the value of the UTF-16 code unit. For example, a properties file might have the following entries: s1=hello there s2=\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f If you have edited and saved the file in a non-ASCII encoding, you can convert it to ASCII with the native2ascii tool. For example, you might want to do this when editing a properties file in Shift_JIS, a popular Japanese encoding.
