notepad++

[n9mfk]

Hi All,
i need some help with notepad++ Im try to sava a file as utf-8 without a bom
no mater what i do when i reopen it it ansi
what am i doing wrong?
thanks Beau

[BCJKiwi]

notepad++ ver 6.2.1
open file - shows as ANSI
Encoding
Convert to UTF-8
File/Save As 'new name'
close notepad++
Open new file again in Notepad++ - says it is UTF-8

I presume that as this does not say with or without BOM then it is with BOM as the only other option is without BOM.
Does this help?

[n9mfk]

here on i did those step an when i reopen it is ansi
any idea
thanks

[beteljuice]

Following the instructions above will work !
utf-8 with BOM

gauges-ssinc1.zip

[BCJKiwi]

Presumably you have the;
Encoding / Code in UTF-8 radio button selected?

[n9mfk]

Presumably you have the;
Encoding / Code in UTF-8 radio button selected?

yes if you look in settings what is your default encoding set to for a new document?
Thanks Beau

[BCJKiwi]

Curious, it is actually set to ANSI.
I have not had an issue when I use Notepad++ (but it is not my 'goto' editor which Bluefish & free) as I am normally opening an existing file and it seems to respect and save in whatever the source encoding was.

Have just checked, and if I close every file, close Notepad++ and reopen it, the encoding is ANSI.
Have just changed the default to UTF-8, closed and re-opened Notepad++ and the encoding is UTF-8.

So it may be an issue of it respecting the source doucument encoding. Therefore if you want to change the encoding or are unsure of the source encoding, I guess you need to check this and explictly change the encoding before saving if necessary.

[n9mfk]

here some info utf8 ok but not without bom
http://npp-community.tuxfamily.org/docu ... s/encoding

I wonder what mark save his code with?

[mcrossley]

I used to use NP++, but now I use Komodo Edit, but it is much slower to load so I still use NP++ for quick file edits if Komodo isn't running. However Komodo is much more satisfactory to use.

[n9mfk]

Hi Mark,
what steps do you use to encode your files
thanks

[mcrossley]

I have just set the default encoding for JavaScript in Komodo to be utf-8, that's all I need to do. Not sure about np++, but I don't have to do anything special there either iirc maybe I have set utf-8 to be the default in that program too - I can check later.

Remember that a utf-8 without a BOM is just an ANSI file unless it contains characters that are not supported by ansi.

[steve]

Komodo edit looks quite good, I think I'll give it a try. Seems to be aimed more at programming than general text editing?

[mcrossley]

It is a bit Steve, you can upgrade to the full paid for Komodo IDE which is multi-user development environment, but that is OTT for me.

I really like the built-in intelligence, not just syntax high lighting (and it integrates JSLint or JSHint for JavaScript syntax/style checking) but object property awareness (which unfortunately does not work across modules), so all the usual 'jump to definition' etc are there as well as parameter hints.

A great feature is you can set all the parameters on a per file basis as well as globally.

I mainly use it for scripting languages JavaScript, PHP (it integrates with the PHP runtime too), PowerShell, CSS. I see Pascal is supported, but don't know how well.

The only downside for me is the program start-up time, so I tend to leave it running all the time.

[mcrossley]

AND, the 'projects' are good too, easy to switch between projects and reopen all the files you last had open in a project and close the current files (if you want).

Poorer imho is the 'file diff' feature - not very user friendly or feature rich.

[n9mfk]

Hi Mark,
do you save gauges-ssT.html as utf-8 or as utf-8 with out Bom?
Thanks Beau