std.encoding:2554 - Unrecognized Encoding: big5 - Please help!

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 8/28/18 9:38 AM, spikespaz wrote:
> I have a user who submitted a bug report for one of my projects. The 
> error is in std\encoding.d on line 2554.
> 
> The problem arises when he types "google.com.hk/search?q={{query}}" 
> (exact string) into this function:
> https://github.com/spikespaz/search-deflector/blob/master/source/setup.d#L253-L278 
> 
> 
> Here is the issue on GH:
> https://github.com/spikespaz/search-deflector/issues/12
> 
> I really can't figure this one out and any help would be appreciated. 
> Thanks.

The answer is: the encoding "big5" isn't supported by std.encoding.

You can add a new subclass and register it, to handle the encoding. 
Maybe this article can help you write one: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big5

You want to subclass EncodingScheme. See instructions at the top of 
https://dlang.org/phobos/std_encoding.html

-Steve