Endoding in TextEdit (plain text)

[chomper]

Hello,

I have a following problem with TextEdit. I have the "Opening Files" encoding set to Automatic. If the file I want to open is encoded in UTF-8, TextEdit detects it and displays it correctly. If the file is encoded in ANSI/i.e. non-unicode (namely Windows Latin 2), TextEdit opens it using Western (Mac OS Roman) encoding and the characters aren't displayed correctly. Where do I set the default encoding for non-unicode files?

 

[Caleb531]

Try the Open and Save tab in TextEdit's Preferences....

Although, I would recommend using TextWrangler for dealing with encodings, since it makes it pretty simple (along with many other features).

 

[chomper]

Thanks for the great tip! TextWrangler can do the things I need - different encodings and different line breaks (Windows/Unix). However, I have one small problem: whenever TextWrangler launches, it asks me whether I want to install some command line tools. Can I switch this message off somewhere?

 

[Caleb531]

Thanks for the great tip! TextWrangler can do the things I need - different encodings and different line breaks (Windows/Unix). However, I have one small problem: whenever TextWrangler launches, it asks me whether I want to install some command line tools. Can I switch this message off somewhere?

I would just install them (click "Yes" or "OK"), and it should go away. Doing so shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[chomper]

I would just install them (click "Yes" or "OK"), and it should go away. Doing so shouldn't hurt anything.

I managed to get rid of the message box by clicking "Install" and then cancelling the prompt for administrator password. 🙂