File encodings with ruby

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Hi, I'm having a bit problems with file encodings.

I'm receiving a url-encoded string like "sometext%C3%B3+more+%26+andmore", unescape it, process the data, and save it with windows-1252 encoding.

The conversions are these:

irb(main) >> value
=> "sometext%C3%B3+more+%26+andmore"
irb(main) >> CGI::unescape(value)
=> "sometext\303\263 more & andmore"
irb(main) >> #Some code and saved into a file using open(filename, "w:WINDOWS-1252")
irb(main) >> # result in the file:
=> sometextA³ more & andmore

And the result should be sometextó more & andmore

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