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Composer should use unicode as encoding

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by locating the composer script and inspect how it encodes replies and topics, especially the email body. Done means composed emails preserve Unicode characters in replies and topics, at minimum in the body; no test file is named in the issue.

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Description

The composer script should use unicode for replies/topics, at the very least in the body of the email.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
80
Forks
32
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Getting set up

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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