Re: [gedit-list] Change encoding like in Kate

[Kulcsár Kázmér <info kikke hu>]

2007.11.08. 14:28:07 dátumon Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi gmail com> írta:

> Hi,
> This is a request we get quite frequently so it may be it is a feature
> we should at least investigate.
> I'm not familiar with Kate, could you please describe in a more detailed
> way how this function is working.
>
> Suppose I open a file with "ISO-8859-15" encoding, changing the encoding
> with Tools->Encoding what will do?

The document encoding changing immediately.

If I open an utf-8 encoded file which contains word
"erőmű"
and change the encoding to cp1252 the result will be:
"erőmű"
immediate.


I want this, because in Hungary some old server's default encoding was  
cp1252, and sometimes php scripts utf-8 hacking need this function too.
Only the Kate editor can change the encoding in this way in the Linux  
world, and in the Win32 world the notepad++ give same function.


> Will it only change the encoding that will be used to save the file next
> time it is saved?

No, it's change the looks of file immediately, according to the selected  
encoding.
Imagine that you open an international utf-8 encoded textfile without BOM  
as iso-8859-15. When you change the encoding to utf-8, it's look readable,  
we don't need save and reopen for this.

> Does Kate enforce the insertion of characters that are valid only in the
> selected encoding?

No, only noticeing about "Possible Data Loss":
"The selected encoding cannot encode every unicode character in this  
document. Do you really want to save it? There cpuld be some data lost."

It's happen if I write "erőmű" to a cp1252 encoded file, because it's  
doesn't have ő and ű characters, only õ and û.

But if I change a cp1250 encoded file which contains "erőmű" word, it will  
be "erõmû" after I change the encoding to cp1252 (from 1250), because  
these codepages contains the two national characters at the same position.

I think that it's not so complicated as might appear at first sight.
Thank you for quick response!

Best wishes!

kikke