How do I set the Xcode 4 default text encoding?
I've tried to set it in Preferences > Text Editing > Default text encoding, but it takes no effect over my workspace and all my files.
When I open the File Inspector, the default text encoding is always set to Western (Mac OS Roman) regardless of configured preference.
Thanks in advice!
Why do you want to set the default text encoding? Most of the open-source compiler tools that Apple uses will not accept any encoding other than plain ASCII.
It a Ruby project and it does not get compiled.
There is Linux and Mac among the developers, and the default text encoding used is UTF-8.
But Xcode 4 does not recognize some characters using Western (Mac OS Roman).
Apple seems to be getting clever in their old age. Check one or more of your files with xattr. The file system seems to be keeping track of the text encoding, even for whiles whose content is just ASCII. When I change the encoding of files that need UTF-8, or that don't, they all show up properly in Xcode. Are you using a networked filesystem perhaps? If so, you might not get that new metadata lovin'.
I've used the xattr on some files, but there is no extra properties defined.
Seems that Xcode need the BOM (byte order mark) to be present at the beginning of the file so the encoding gets detected successfully.
I've tried to add the sequence \xEF\xBB\xBF to the beginning of some files, and Xcode detects UTF-8 and the content is shown properly.
The problem now is that I have lots of files on my project, and add the BOM to the beginning of each file is inviable.
The free text editor TextWrangler will save any file as UTF-8 with BOM, in case that is of use.
Xcode 4 default text encoding
