[closed] Viewing files as UTF-8?

[dandv]

Hi,

Is there a way to view files as UTF-8?

For example, a file containing "m├óine" ('m', 0xC3, 0xA2, "'ine") should display "mâine" ("tomorrow" in Romanian).

This would be an extremely handy addition for software localization engineers like me :-) And anyone dealing with files in non-English languages, I guess.

Thanks,
Dan

[grigsoft]

In fact at least Unicode version should correctly identify and handle UTF8 files. Have you tried it?

[Guest]

In fact at least Unicode version should correctly identify and handle UTF8 files. Have you tried it?

Thanks for the tip, the Unicode version correctly displayed all UTF-8 characters I tested after I changed the font from Courier (which didn't support ş and ţ) to Courier New. BTW, you might want to set Courier New as the default fixed font.

In fact at least Unicode version should correctly identify and handle UTF8 files.

How exactly does it identify UTF8 files without a BOM at the beginning? By scanning for bytes > 127 or generally for valid UTF8? The Unicode version did show the files as UTF8, but what if the user wants to view the raw bytes (no UTF8 interpretation, such as if they need a specific code page), is there an option for this in the Unicode version?

Thanks,
Dan

[grigsoft]

No, currently there is no option to view Unicode/UTF files as plain text, I think I will add this feature. To identify text as UTF it analyzes first several K for valid UTF sequences. It can also idetify such sequence in the middle of file and toggles to UTF mode later.

[dandv]

In the Unicode version of CompareIt!, could View->View Whitespace also mark as whitespace the "Unicode non breaking space" character (U+00A0) ?

That might help,
Dan Dascalescu

[grigsoft]

Thank you, Dan! I didn't know this. I will try to do it.