How to set UTF-8 in Aptana Studio 3?

Question

I have to be able to write the letters å, ä and ö. It works in other program without any problem. But in Aptana I cant do it. Å, ä and ö looks like when I press space on the keyboard.

I go to:
window->preferences->general->workspace. It is set to: "Default (cp1252)" and I change it to: "Other UTF-8".
That dont work!

I rightclick the file in Projectexplorer and set it to "UTF-8" (it's normally set to UTF-8).
That dont work!

In the Edit menu I can see at the bottom there is "Set Encoding", but that is never clickable. It's allways grayed-out.

I have gooooooooogled it but can't find anything that sonds like my problem (some close to but not the same).
Anyone?

Rare

Define "dont work"? How do you verify that the files are not written in UTF-8? And what kind of files do you write? – Collarbone

well I haven't, but if the file is utf-8 the problem still exists. The problem: "looks like when I press space on the keyboard". – Rare

Oh, so you can type it, but it looks like a space? Maybe the font simply doesn't support non-ASCII characters? That sounds strange, 'though because I'll be hard pressed to think of a common font that doesn't at least support äöü ... Have you tried switching the editor to use another font? – Collarbone

Ohhhh! I had a font switch. Now I tried Arial and I get my åäö. Thanx for your help. I can use Aptana... :) – Rare

Answer 1

As you said, go to Window->Preferences->General->Workspace

Set Text file encoding to Others:UTF-8, and it just works.

Extenuatory

I accept this as a correct answer. For me the solution was that I did not use a font that had the characters (åäö). However this is a correct answer according to the headline to this thread. I think your answer + this comment is a correct answer for the absolute majority of the people that ends up in this thread. – Rare

@Rare Glad you get it resolved. I thought this answer would never get accepted... – Extenuatory