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Mon, 21 March 2016 12:18

Messages: 8
Registered: March 2016

Junior Member

Hi,
I would like to know how I may edit Eclipse Preferences so that it compiles as if the following flag was set :

javac -encoding UTF-8

(my Eclipse version is Mars.1 (4.5.1)).
Thanks.

Mon, 21 March 2016 19:27

Messages: 4435
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Eclipse doesn't use javac unless you're using a tool like Maven or Ant, in which case you set those options their way. If you want your workspace files to be created and treated as UTF-8 by default, set that in the Workspace preference page. http://help.eclipse.org/mars/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-9.htm?cp=0_4_1_53

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform