Artifact 9caad03bfaf5c35273f1eeed93d6b2d54df4ce85

Ticket change [9caad03bfa] - Closed ticket ba7e79b248: problem showing diff view with several files, each in different encoding. plus 5 other changes by drh on 2008-08-05 22:26:24.

D 2008-08-05T22:26:24
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J priority Immediate
J private_contact 24b67375dd2ec6c7381a5ad34cfcf006f0b9c260
J resolution Rejected
J status Closed
J subsystem one
K ba7e79b248640ce30507e89537d203a2d9125214
U drh
Z 8977cb28d6480f77cbcb1867d48e4dc3