How to make UTF-8 default

[Mathieu]

How do I make UTF-8 the default encoding in File Manager?

 

If I click "Disable Encoding Check", will I be able to set UTF-8 as default, or will it keep going to some form of ascii as it usually displays first in the popup menu?

 

My HTML files each contain:

 

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

 

But this doesn't seem to help.

 

When I use the HTML Editor or Code Editor, it usually gives ansi_x3.100-1983 in the default option in the popup menu.

 

When I use Text Editor (which I prefer to), it usually gives us-ascii as the default option.

 

I intend to make extensive use of Unicode on most of my pages.

 

I only ask because it's irritating having to select "UTF-8" each time I edit a file, but I'm afraid to click "Disable Encoding Check" because I'd rather select it each time than not be able to.

 

Is there a setting to make UTF-8 the default encoding?

[Guest Geoff]

If you have it set on UTF-8, and then click "disable encoding check", UTF-8 should be the default encoding.