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Change file encoding without information losses in intellij idea

Is it possible to change file's encoding from UTF-8 to windows1251 without cyrillic information lost. Because when I explicitely change the encoding, all cyrillic symbols become unreadable?

Solution

  • UPDATE: new IDE versions can convert encodings:

    The problem is that IntelliJ IDEA doesn't actually convert your file encoding from UTF-8 to windows-1251, what happens is that you tell IntelliJ IDEA to treat UTF-8 file as being encoded in windows-1251, so you will see garbage in the editor. The actual file on disk remains in UTF-8.

    You have to use some external tool to perform the conversion, such as iconv:

    iconv.exe -f utf-8 -t windows-1251 <input file> > <output file>