Binary comparing

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Binary comparing

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I was comparing two files .bin
I have "Automatically detect text/binary files" checked and "Always treat these files as binary" is empty.
I got this message:
Cannot assign special Unicode characters.
Of course, EDP tried to treat them as text.
Forcing the binary compare all is fine, but why a .bin file should be "text"?
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Re: Binary comparing

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Automatic detection doesn't always work, and extension .bin has no effect on it. Perhaps there's enough text characters in your files makes EDP think that your files are text files.
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Re: Binary comparing

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I think I saw ".bin" as one of the extensions used to force the binary compare.
Probably I put it there loooooooooong ago... and then by mistake I removed it.
I'll put it there again.

By the way: what do you mean with "assign special Unicode characters"?
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Re: Binary comparing

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It's an internal error that should be (and is) rarely seen by the user, and typically is a result of a binary file being compared as text. If you have a small pair of files where it's reproducible, we can have a look.
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Re: Binary comparing

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Just compare https://www.delta-elektronika.nl/upload ... _P0143.bin with itself (or a copy of it).
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