Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding

From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding
Date	2018-06-09 09:25 +0200
Organization	PointedEars Software (PES)
Message-ID	<16824345.heBUIXtyyW@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
References	<pfe3di$lvq$1@sunce.iskon.hr> <3469849.XUi3uDslzQ@PointedEars.de> <pffn0r$t08$1@sunce.iskon.hr>

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Jupi wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn expressed precisely :
>> Jupi wrote:
>> ^^^^
>> Your real name belongs there.
> 
> Mr. Jupi Krem

Put “Jupi Krem” in your sender field (“From”).

>>> I need to encode string using Central European Windows-1250 encoding.
>> Why?
> 
> Because I need it.

No, you just *think* you need it.

<http://xyproblem.info/>

>>> I know how to use simple base64 but it is utf-8 encoded and I need
>>> windows-1250.
>> Base64 is a transfer encoding.  UTF-8 and Windows-1250 are character
>> encodings.  They have nothing to do with each other.
>>
>> One uses character encodings to encode code points of characters of
>> character sets.
>>
>> One uses a transfer encoding to transfer (character) codes that cannot be
>> handled verbatim by a protocol or network connection.
>>
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>
> 
> I do not understand all this.

You will have to.

> I just need to encode some string which
> contains Easteuropean characters to base64 string.

  var b64 = window.btoa("Perišić");

RTFFAQ, RTFM, STFW.

> Curently, when I encode string, it is encoded using utf-8.

No, it is not.

How did you get the idea that it would be?

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Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-08 16:21 +0200
  Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-08 20:26 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-08 22:09 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-08 22:57 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 07:02 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 09:25 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 09:52 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:12 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:25 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 09:53 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:01 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:17 +0200
              Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:32 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:02 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:20 +0200
              Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:29 +0200
                Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 12:07 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-06-09 09:30 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 09:55 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-06-09 13:11 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Frank Kozuschnik <franko@nurfuerspam.de> - 2018-06-09 12:45 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:13 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Mickey Finn <mfinn@gmail.com> - 2018-06-14 19:22 -0300
  Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-06-09 12:30 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:14 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Yappi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:33 +0200

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