Subj : src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp To : Git commit to main/sbbs/master From : Rob Swindell (on Windows 11) Date : Fri Dec 19 2025 05:41 pm https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/5227728dfd71cfe524ea5966 Modified Files: src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp Log Message: Skip the UTF-8 BOM when auto-detected by auto_utf8() I think this was the intention of this function always (hence why it returns a char*). .