There are multiple Codepage settings in PSPad - Menu: Format ... sets the encoding for newly crated and possibly open files (it doesn't have to be the same like the encoding of the active file - this is shown on the statusbar) In many cases the encoding cannot be determined from the textfile itself, PSPad sometimes tries to "guess" the correct one - if it doesn't work well, you can set the codepage manually and reopen the file. However in some cases the given codepage can be excluded as inappropriate (e.g. if utf-8 is suplied but the file doesn't follow its scheme) - PSPad than uses some kind of fallback in order to display at least some text.
The content of the file is also important - if it contains only asci (basic latin characters etc., the file is exactly the same in utf-8 as well as ansi. Additionally, if you have Settings :: Files and dirs: [x] Remember file state checked, the editor also remembers the encoding previously used for the given file. Maybe some of those aspects can cause your problems. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?4,45099,45106> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
