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ftfy: fixes text for you

ftfy: fixes text for you

Fixing problems and getting explanations
Configuring ftfy
Encodings ftfy can handle
“Fixer” functions
Is ftfy an encoding detector?
How can I avoid producing mojibake?
Heuristics for detecting mojibake
Support for “bad” encodings
Command-line usage
Citing ftfy

Support for “bad” encodings¶

“Sloppy” encodings¶

Variants of UTF-8¶

Command-line usage

Heuristics for detecting mojibake

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Support for “bad” encodings
- “Sloppy” encodings
- Variants of UTF-8