Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 59719
text files should be save in Unicode by default
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:21 UTC
Text files should be by default saved in Unicode. I now know that I should use Text Encoded, but learning this was wery painfull. Having to repair all my natilonal character was the biggest disapointment with OO by now. When I think about it I can not see any reason why UTF8 is not default now. I would expect to be made to look for a way to definitively loose some of my work (e.g. by having to choose ASCII while saving as Text Encoded). BTW: The warning dialog before saving as text is not adequate, since it is displayed always when I want to save something as Text file (even if nothing will be lost) and most of normal users (and definitelly all new) will expect it has to do with fonts sizes, colors, etc.
Just notticed another reason: When I open .txt file (with UTF8 content) it will be by default saved as Text, but not as Text Encoded. The default behaviour should end with a user loosing any data.
Of course not a P1 issue. Reassigned to requirements.