On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 06:42:33AM +0200, Tobias Pape wrote:
> 
> 
> > On 12. Apr 2022, at 00:24, Jakob Reschke <jakres+squeak at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am Mo., 11. Apr. 2022 um 14:42 Uhr schrieb Marcel Taeumel
> > <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>:
> >>
> >> What do you think should be the default encoding when opening a new file?
> >>
> >
> > Binary, so no encoding at all :-) Unfortunately text mode has
> > traditionally been the default, so this would be even more of a
> > breaking change...
> > Hence: UTF-8.
> 
> I take back my opinion and adopt Jakob's  instead.
> 
> Best
> 	-Tobias
> 

+1

Dave