462316 – Switch Charset, fix files

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Bug 462316 - Switch Charset, fix files

Summary: Switch Charset, fix files

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 47346

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	IDE (show other bugs)
Version:	4.5
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox
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Reported:	2015-03-17 05:09 EDT by Marvin Fröhlich
Modified:	2015-03-17 09:10 EDT (History)
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Description Marvin Fröhlich

2015-03-17 05:09:31 EDT

When I switch to another charset for a file or a complete folder branch, Eclipse should read all the affected text files usaing the former charset and write them using the new one. At least it should ask to do that.

And maybe it is a good idea to use UTF-8 as default charset instead of a platform dependent one. It's always a mess, if you share code using a version control system, if the client IDEs use different charsets.

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2015-03-17 09:10:59 EDT

(In reply to Marvin  Fröhlich from comment #0)
> And maybe it is a good idea to use UTF-8 as default charset instead of a
> platform dependent one. It's always a mess, if you share code using a
> version control system, if the client IDEs use different charsets.

This is bug 108668.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 47346 ***