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UTF-8 without BOM is not working

2007-06-02
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    i have settings > preferences > new document > encoding utf-8 without bom selected and close. i create a new document, save it, and close it. then i reopen the saved doc and the document is ansi. i then check utf-8 without bom at format > utf-8 without bom and then i make a change so the save bottom highlights, and then i select save and close. i reopen the document and it is ansi.

    i have duplicated this issue on w2k service pack 4 with v4.1.2 and v4.0.2 and xp home with v4.0.2. i cannot figure out why UTF-8 without BOM is configured, yet saved docs open ansi.

    default install, using installer.

    thanks in advance...

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      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.