.txt help needed

[Sonrisa]

I downloaded a russian book in a .txt format and when opened it showed characters only. Is there a way to turn it into text?

[doppelgaenger]

Sorry, I don't think so. The txt file was probably saved with the wrong encoding.
You can try to change the format of the text from Latin to Cyrillic, though. From the top: Format>Font and then the drop down menu at the bottom.

[Sonrisa]

yeah, that didn't work. anyone knows a good site to download russian books?

[Mish]

There are loads of them on the net. I'm not aware of any one superstore website, ussually I just google for what I want and I get it for free on second or third search.

[hurt_confuzd]

You need to change the encoding of the document to UTF-16. The data is all there, but your editor simply isn't displaying it properly.

[nerdy_guy]

make sure your OS supports unicode. if your still using xp, you should install the russian language pack. My PC also displays asian characters as squares by default. After I installed the asian language pack, all characters came out perfectly. This is especially helpful when you browse the web. My browser displays asian characters without turning to garbage even if the encoding is set to western ISO-8859-1.

[Sonrisa]

muhahaha, i was told by IT to stop messing with my computer or they'll take administrative rights away. that's what i get for asking for a russian language pack

[Sonrisa]

ok, does anyone know how to open .fb2 files?

[nerdy_guy]

ok, does anyone know how to open .fb2 files?

google .fb2 reader. It'll give you results for free readers
.fb2 is FictionBook (Just found that out today thanks to sonrisa)

[Sonrisa]

google .fb2 reader. It'll give you results for free readers
.fb2 is FictionBook (Just found that out today thanks to sonrisa)

how's life in the forest or mountains is it?

[Keneji]

What book are you trying to get?

[Sonrisa]

What book are you trying to get?

some russian book.

[Sonrisa]

You need to change the encoding of the document to UTF-16. The data is all there, but your editor simply isn't displaying it properly.

i couldn't find an encoder in a notepad.

[hurt_confuzd]

This should be able to further assist you with your file extension endeavors: [url=http://lmgtfy.com/?q=open+.fb2+files].fb2 files[/url]

[nerdy_guy]

how's life in the forest or mountains is it?

Ok, I'll play nice, its quite wonderful here. Here in the jungle, I usually get my e-books in PDF, and chm formats. sometimes a deja vu gets into the mix but that is a very rare thing when you live in the mountains. Excuse me, I need to change the vine that I attached to a rock which I use for a mouse.