[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59387] Change default codepage of text editor to UTF-8 on Windows

[Markus Mützel]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59387>

                 Summary: Change default codepage of text editor to UTF-8 on
Windows 
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mmuetzel
            Submitted on: Sat 31 Oct 2020 12:09:18 PM CET
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Bug #49685 originally had this title. But it drifted into a different
direction and has since been closed.

Starting with Matlab R2020a, the default encoding used for .m files in Matlab
on Windows is UTF-8:
https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/release-notes.html?category=desktop&rntext=File+encoding&startrelease=R2017b&endrelease=R2020b&groupby=release&sortby=descending&searchHighlight=File+encoding

The main argument against switching to UTF-8 as the default encoding for .m
files on Windows was compatibility with Matlab on the same platform. With the
recent change, I guess that argument is no longer valid.




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