====== Encoding issues ======

Each system has its own default encoding. The source codes may be saved with different encodings on different machines. This may result in problems. One of them is the wrong translation of specific characters on some systems, for example é, è, à...

  * The java compiler and java virtual machine may be told which encoding they should use
  * Unicode encodings should be preferred when possible (no missing characters)
  * [[https://illegalargumentexception.blogspot.com/2009/05/java-rough-guide-to-character-encoding.html|Interesting considerations on encoding in Java]]