setencoding
verbUK /ˌsɛt ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˌsɛt ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
To set encoding means to tell a computer how to read and show letters and symbols.
Please setencoding to UTF-8 before you open the file.
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2. To choose the character set used when reading a stream of text.
The program will setencoding to Latin-1 for older documents.
3. To fix the way data is converted into a coded form.
You must setencoding before sending the message over the network.
4. To prepare a device to interpret symbols correctly.
The app lets you setencoding for each imported file.