File encoding reverts automatically to "Code Page Property"

[Factfinder]

Thank you for the reply. I have installed the latest SciTE (4.4.6) as I mentioned earlier.

I added those values to SciTEUser.properties, made a new file, and copied the content to the new file. The Encoding under File menu reverts to "Code Page Property" if I close and open the file. The positive change is that the German characters are displayed correctly (I think because we set the codepage to 65001).

[Jos]

That means that the content you paste contains a "High ASCII" character hence SciTE will revert to Ascii (code page property).

 

[Factfinder]

The thing is that removing something from the problematic script could correct the issue and the part that is removed contains normal ASCII characters. The strange thing is that I had no issues with x86 version of the script until yesterday. The script I'm using has worked for many years without issues.

What would be the downside if my script contained "High ASCII" character and I used UTF-8 encoding?

 

[Jos]

There is no answer to that question, as it is impossible!.

an utf8 without BOM encoded file will be read, and an encoding is assigned depending on its content. When you want to force the file encoding, you need to make it utf8 with BOM.

By the way: all ASCII high characters have their Unicode version too, which should be used instead when you want it to show as utf8.

Edited March 28 by Jos
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[Factfinder]

Thank you for the reply.