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Recommendation to add new "File | Encoding..." feature for XML files. The menu command will open up an Encoding window that will allow the user to select the desired file encoding in an XML file... For example, selection of "Unicode UTF-8"" will update the element <?xml version="1.0"?> to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> In addition, this feature can all be added to the New File wizard for XML files. Note: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_encoding.asp Thanks. Case Study: This feature is implemented in Altova XMLSpy
I understand that the feature might be useful when creating a new file, since the user is working with a dialog anyway, but is the time saved by NOT typing the few chars worth: * locate the 'change encoding' action, trigger it * type in the charset name * confirm IMHO for an user typing in the editor, it would be faster to add or change the encoding clause manually; possibly a completion items could be provided for both encoding="" setting and currently available encoding names.