[kde-doc-english] File representation

[Jack]

On 2012.06.26 07:35, Krakenberger, Bertil wrote:
> Hello!
> When I try to compare two ordinary Word files, their contents are  
> presented in KDiff3 in gibberish, like this
> K“ì c[1]c~Ô*þðÄG÷!Ð;pÅ?cJšd‚Ÿ•
> ________________________________
> †Ñs`ê. When I take clips from the same files and paste them into the  
> program instead, they look perfectly normal. How comes?
> 
I'm not sure which program you mean by "Word" but perhaps the contents  
of the file are either encrypted or compressed.  If by "take clips" you  
mean copy/paste from the screen, then they have already been  
decompressed/decrypted.  Have you tried a simple "cat file" first?  If  
that gives you the same gibberish, then why would you expect kdiff3 to  
be able to deal with it?

Jack