Hello!
It is great that PNotepad can handle both UTF-8 (with/without BOM) and ANSI encoding files. But it's not that easy to convert from one encoding to another. Maybe I'm doing wrong, but here are my procedures.
ANSI to UTF-8:
Open textfile, recognized correctly as ANSI. Then I copy/cut the entire file (so it is empty) and set File->Encoding->UTF-8. I paste back the file content, save it and it is converted to UTF-8. :) Not that easy but ok.
UTF-8 to ANSI:
This is way more complicated. I open the file, recognized as UTF-8. Copy/cut the entire file, set File->Encoding->8-Bit. Paste back the file content, save it, BUT: it is still UTF-8 encoded. :(
The way it works: copy/cut entire file content, set File->Encoding->8-Bit. Then save and CLOSE. Reopen the file, paste back the file content, again save. Then it is stored as an ANSI encoded file.
Why has the conversion be so complicated? Maybe the option File->Encoding does not convert but interpret the file new, is this correct? But how should I easily convert a textfile to another encoding? I have a proposal: maybe you can add an "Encoding" setting in the "Save as..." window. The user won't have to copy/cut/repaste, it's just that the file content is stored with another encoding. I know that it works because with the complex way (described above) it is at least possible, but not comfortable...
Thanks for reading,
rc