Thank you for your replay.

You are correct, my understanding of the differences between specific encoding form is strictly theoretical and limited at the moment, especially in the perl context (1st time I ever encounter the term BOM).
I hope to learn more about it as soon as I can.

As for what I mean by ANSI, I really don't know.
All I know is what the encoding line says when I "save as" a file with "Notepad" (Win-xp).

Unfortunately I'm currently preoccupied with the fallout of attempting to install File::BOM as you can see here.
Any assistance with this bigger issue will be most appreciated.

In reply to Re^2: Converting UTF8 to ANSI by palkia
in thread Converting UTF8 to ANSI by palkia

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