In a situation where I open a MRC file with MarcEdit, convert it to
MRK and then want to edit it in a text editor, what should be done
when adding text that includes diacritics?
I have been adding fields to some records in batches using a text
editor. These new fields often include characters with diacritics.
I've been saving the file in UTF-8 and including the diacritics in
that character set (not using curly brackets). Mostly that works.
Sometimes there have been problems.
I tried adding and editing fields within MarcEdit, but changes were
not always saved and I couldn't work around that, so I save MarcEdit
mostly for adding/deleting of fields and subfields for the entire
batch.
If I am using a text editor to add fields to mnemonic MRK files,
what's the best way to treat text added with diacritics? If I have to
change the diacritics individually to mnemonic format, that's going to
be very time consuming. If MarcEdit has trouble with files that have
UTF-8 or a mix of mnemonic (curly bracket) diacritics and UTF-8, is
there a utility or program that will convert the file to a uniform
state of either all mnemonic or all UTF-8?
Also, when I save a MRK file in UTF-8 file, I'm given the choice of
"Add a Unicode signature (BOM)" . Is that necessary or desirable?
Stacy
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Reese, Terry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> No – MarcEdit outputs the data in UTF8. If the record that it receives is
> in MarcEdit (and most are) – the marc-8 data is represented as a mnemonic –
> with MARC8 specific diacritics escaped in braces, i.e., {grave} to represent
> a grave or {acute}. When you save the data – these escaped values are
> converted to their proper characters when in MARC format, but when in the
> mnemonic format, will always be escaped unless specifically configured not
> to.
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> --TR
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> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gong, Dao Rong
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Vernacular values in Z3950 search
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> I seem to have problems getting the vernacular values coming in right from
> the z3950 search. All I see are the curly brace codes. Am I missing
> something?
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> Dao
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> Libraries, Michigan State University
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Stacy Pober
Information Alchemist
Manhattan College Library
Riverdale, NY 10471
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