Maybe I don't get something completely, but I think this is like a bug...
The editor lack in recognition of files which are saved as UTF-8 without BOM. Even when in Notepad++ v.4.0.2 I make for example new file with text "abc" and then I save it as ANSI with UTF-8 without BOM checked. after that close file in editor and reopen it, after that file is recognized as ANSI but not ANSI as UTF-8. If I use some special characters like russian letters in file then after saving, closing and opening everything works fine, but if standart simbols and only english letters are used recognition doesn't work.
P.S. For example PSPad and some other editors somehow managed this problem.
But otherwise great editor, thanks :)
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This question has been asked numerous times. If there is no BOM and the file does not contain any Unicode characters there is no way for N++ to guess that the file should be opened in Unicode mode.
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Hello!
Maybe I don't get something completely, but I think this is like a bug...
The editor lack in recognition of files which are saved as UTF-8 without BOM. Even when in Notepad++ v.4.0.2 I make for example new file with text "abc" and then I save it as ANSI with UTF-8 without BOM checked. after that close file in editor and reopen it, after that file is recognized as ANSI but not ANSI as UTF-8. If I use some special characters like russian letters in file then after saving, closing and opening everything works fine, but if standart simbols and only english letters are used recognition doesn't work.
P.S. For example PSPad and some other editors somehow managed this problem.
But otherwise great editor, thanks :)
I tested in other editors and it seems that all Scintilla based editors like Notepad2 and SciTE is having same problems...
Try using the "Search" with 'utf-8 bom'.
This question has been asked numerous times. If there is no BOM and the file does not contain any Unicode characters there is no way for N++ to guess that the file should be opened in Unicode mode.