Card #1264 · Cursor (AI IDE)
StrReplace tool corrupts UTF-8 characters
The StrReplace tool fails to preserve UTF-8 encoding, often rewriting files in Windows-1252 or CP1215. This results in the corruption of non-ASCII characters, such as Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, forcing users to manually correct the encoding.
Pain score
0.18/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.32distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement1.00upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
It changes characters to CP1215/Unicode, and then I have to waste tokens again to get it to correct to pure UTF-8.
The tool failed to preserve the UTF-8 encoding and instead rewrote the entire file in Windows-1252 (ANSI), turning all my Korean, Japanese, and Chinese characters into “?” (0x3F), completely destroying the data!
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