05-04-2012, 09:46 AM
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Change Text File Encoding
Hi
How can I change the text file encoding to UTF-8 in lion on the command line? In snow leo it was as follows: defaults write com.apple.textedit PlainTextEncoding -int 4 This does not work in lion anymore. Any hint is welcome. Thanks Lazy |
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05-04-2012, 11:52 AM
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It works for me exactly as you described. I had no default set. I ran your defaults command, and verified that it worked. Why do you think it's not working?
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05-04-2012, 12:26 PM
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You are right. It works in the plist. I was mislead because in the TextEdit prefs it shows something different: plist value 30 = We-Mac, TextEdit Prefs UTF-8.
Still a problem in Lion - I think. |
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05-04-2012, 12:41 PM
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I too noticed that plist changes were not reflected in the GUI preferences.
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05-04-2012, 01:15 PM
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If you're serious about editing text, then I would use TextWrangler as my default text app. Or other dedicated app in preference to TextEdit. TW is free and I consider it an almost essential app for OS X. I have seen some webpages using this command: defaults write com.apple.textedit PlainTextEncodingForWrite -int 4 as well as the one you use. Last edited by benwiggy; 05-04-2012 at 01:23 PM. |
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05-04-2012, 01:45 PM
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On snow leopard you can also do conversion with standard unix tool iconv...I'm not sure about Lion though. For the usage see the man page.
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