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Mon, 22 June 2009 00:54

Eclipse User

Hi,

My eclipse based IDE involves reading XML's as metadata. These XML's could
contain special characters. However i ve noticed that eclipse's default
encoding is set to "Cp1252".

If i change my eclipse workspaces' encoding to UTF-8, and then export my
product, it seems to work fine. However I would rather code it in my
product so that i dont have to change the workspace settings. Is there a
way to set the default encoding to UTF-8 in the code?

Thanks in Advance,

Regards,
Sheela

Re: UTF-8 Encoding [message #336540 is a reply to message #336539]

Mon, 22 June 2009 02:16

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: subs._nospam_consertum.com

Sheela wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My eclipse based IDE involves reading XML's as metadata. These XML's
> could contain special characters. However i ve noticed that eclipse's
> default encoding is set to "Cp1252".
>
> If i change my eclipse workspaces' encoding to UTF-8, and then export my
> product, it seems to work fine. However I would rather code it in my
> product so that i dont have to change the workspace settings. Is there a
> way to set the default encoding to UTF-8 in the code?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Regards,
> Sheela
>
You can put the following entry into your plugin_customization.ini:

org.eclipse.core.resources/encoding=UTF-8

--
Derek

Re: UTF-8 Encoding [message #336544 is a reply to message #336539]

Mon, 22 June 2009 03:56

Eclipse User

Sheela wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My eclipse based IDE involves reading XML's as metadata. These XML's
> could contain special characters. However i ve noticed that eclipse's
> default encoding is set to "Cp1252".
This is not the full truth. For XML files in the workspace Eclipse uses
the encoding inside the file and UTF-8 for newly created files. Of
course if you implement the reading code yourself then you need to make
sure the correct encoding is used no matter what the user or Platform
has set as default encoding.

Dani
>
> If i change my eclipse workspaces' encoding to UTF-8, and then export
> my product, it seems to work fine. However I would rather code it in
> my product so that i dont have to change the workspace settings. Is
> there a way to set the default encoding to UTF-8 in the code?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Regards,
> Sheela
>

Re: UTF-8 Encoding [message #336552 is a reply to message #336540]

Mon, 22 June 2009 09:13

Eclipse User

Derek,
Thanks for the prompt reply.

Sheela

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