I am new to Notepad++ (after looking for an editor with more features than Notepad2, yet still simple).
I am coding PHP and therefore cannot encode UTF-8 with a BOM since it causes headers to be sent and the whole script fails!!
Anyway, I've two questions.
First: What is the difference between "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" and "Format >> Convert to UTF-8 without BOM"? Will converting a file already in UTF-8 without BOM cause harm or does it just do nothing.
Second: Is there a way to set all saves to use UTF-8 without BOM (rather than just setting the default for new documents). NPP recognises the files as ANSI due to the lack of BOM, but I wish them to be saved in UTF-8 without BOM every time (without leaving it up to me to forget!!!).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Chrs
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I think that has helped me understand the differences better. And thanks for that warning - would have probably continued to be confused otherwise. I'll play when I get a chance and see what I can get it to do...
Thanks for your time!
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1. "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" would encode all the characters you will enter as UTF-8 and removes the BOM signature.
"Format >> Convert to UTF-8 without BOM" would re-encode all the existing characters in your document to UTF-8 encoding. It changes the data and usually makes your file bigger if it contains non-ANSI characters.
2. In order to make NPP "remember" the UTF-8 encoding (without or with BOM), the file must have at least 1 (one) non-ANSI character (any character that would take more than 1 byte). BEWARE, before you write non-ANSI character to a file which was NOT encoded in UTF-8 encoding, you MUST choose the "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" option to make NPP to encode the data as UTF-8.
Hope it helps.
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I am new to Notepad++ (after looking for an editor with more features than Notepad2, yet still simple).
I am coding PHP and therefore cannot encode UTF-8 with a BOM since it causes headers to be sent and the whole script fails!!
Anyway, I've two questions.
First: What is the difference between "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" and "Format >> Convert to UTF-8 without BOM"? Will converting a file already in UTF-8 without BOM cause harm or does it just do nothing.
Second: Is there a way to set all saves to use UTF-8 without BOM (rather than just setting the default for new documents). NPP recognises the files as ANSI due to the lack of BOM, but I wish them to be saved in UTF-8 without BOM every time (without leaving it up to me to forget!!!).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Chrs
Thanks dordor,
I think that has helped me understand the differences better. And thanks for that warning - would have probably continued to be confused otherwise. I'll play when I get a chance and see what I can get it to do...
Thanks for your time!
1. "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" would encode all the characters you will enter as UTF-8 and removes the BOM signature.
"Format >> Convert to UTF-8 without BOM" would re-encode all the existing characters in your document to UTF-8 encoding. It changes the data and usually makes your file bigger if it contains non-ANSI characters.
2. In order to make NPP "remember" the UTF-8 encoding (without or with BOM), the file must have at least 1 (one) non-ANSI character (any character that would take more than 1 byte). BEWARE, before you write non-ANSI character to a file which was NOT encoded in UTF-8 encoding, you MUST choose the "Format >> Encode in UTF-8 without BOM" option to make NPP to encode the data as UTF-8.
Hope it helps.