From e91e3b217f15c894365cf5f2d10a28d344bf4860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@digia.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:02:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Add full path to the Default encoding option
Explain why the field might still show "System"
even though "UTF-8" is now the default.
Change-Id: I2960d4cb86405d122ee31690a07e7a57176d093d
Reviewed-by: David Schulz <david.schulz@digia.com>
---
doc/src/editors/creator-editors-options-text.qdoc | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/editors/creator-editors-options-text.qdoc b/doc/src/editors/creator-editors-options-text.qdoc
index 27cc2827f07..d6544c37b9a 100644
--- a/doc/src/editors/creator-editors-options-text.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/editors/creator-editors-options-text.qdoc
@@ -79,11 +79,15 @@
\section2 File Encoding
- To define the default file encoding, select a suitable option in
+ To define the default file encoding, select \gui Tools > \gui Options >
+ \gui {Text Editor} > \gui Behavior, and then select a suitable option in
\gui {Default encoding}.
Qt 5 requires UTF-8 encoded source files, and therefore the default
encoding was changed from \gui System to \gui UTF-8 in \QC version 2.6.
+ However, the \gui {Default encoding} field still displays the value
+ \gui System if the default system encoding is set to UTF-8.
+
Detecting the correct encoding is tricky, so \QC will not try to do so.
Instead, it displays the following error message when you try to edit a file
that is not UTF-8 encoded: \gui {Error: Could not decode "filename" with
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