encoding

[mnru]

Can I change default encoding for opening files ?

[robert]

Hello,

There sure is. Just go to the Edit Menu, and select "Options", then in the "New Files" section of the "General" tab, you can change the default encoding for new files, as well as the line terminator and directory.

[mnru]

Thank you ,Robert. but that's not what I meant.
As your instruction, I can make file in UTF-8 and save it, but I can't open it by double-clicking.
I must always set encoding style in open dialog.(my environment is windows 7 Japanese edition)
I think Rtext is very attractive ,but I can't bear this problem.

[robert]

Check the option to "Include a BOM when writing UTF-8 files". This will cause the file to open as UTF-8 from then on. This is because, without a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_markBOM[/url], RText considers all files to be the system default encoding. It could alternatively scan the entire file byte by byte, before opening, to semi-reliably auto-detect UTF-8 files without a BOM (should work okay most of the time), but a safer alternative is to put a BOM in your UTF-8 file.