I often get errors in TextPad about special characters. Is it UTF-8 I want so that the characters will work? I'm not inputting them but the errors show up when saving.
I don't need special characters (at least not now) so how do I "turn them off" or avoid them?
ANSI/UTF-8/Regular text
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Re: ANSI/UTF-8/Regular text
It's a bit of a simplification, but yes, UTF-8 is your best choice.
In the Save As dialogue, you can choose the encoding at the bottom of the window as you save a file:
There is also a default for each file type in TextPad. Go to Configure->Preferences... then choose Document Classes. Under each file type, you'll see a section for Default encoding:
Changing this to UTF-8 for Text and Default should be enough to avoid those warnings. If you like, you can change it for C/C++ too, but there are reasons you might want to keep that ANSI.
It's not possible to "turn off" special characters. TextPad's policy is to try to convert them and warn you if it can't. UTF-8 is a great choice because it should allow every character. ANSI is the default because while it's limited, it's also more compatible. Maybe I should say, historically, it's been more compatible. UTF-8 is pretty ubiquitous now.
In the Save As dialogue, you can choose the encoding at the bottom of the window as you save a file:
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There is also a default for each file type in TextPad. Go to Configure->Preferences... then choose Document Classes. Under each file type, you'll see a section for Default encoding:
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Changing this to UTF-8 for Text and Default should be enough to avoid those warnings. If you like, you can change it for C/C++ too, but there are reasons you might want to keep that ANSI.
It's not possible to "turn off" special characters. TextPad's policy is to try to convert them and warn you if it can't. UTF-8 is a great choice because it should allow every character. ANSI is the default because while it's limited, it's also more compatible. Maybe I should say, historically, it's been more compatible. UTF-8 is pretty ubiquitous now.