[texworks] Editor does not display UTF-8 correctly

[Joseph Wright]

On 29/12/2014 10:58, Ali Sinan Sertoz wrote:
> I use Turkish characters in some tex files which run smoothly, using
> babel packages, and also display correctly on winedt editor page.
> When I open the same file with Texworks the Turkish characters are not
> displayed correctly. In their places I see black diamonds with a
> question mark in the middle.
> However when I run (typeset) the file, it processes smoothly and the
> output pdf file is correct.
> 
> My question is: How do I persuade Texworks editor page to display
> Turkish characters correctly? (I tried the obvious things but it looks
> like Format>Fonts>Writing System lacks Turkish. Then again it may have
> nothing to do with my problem.)
> 
> Thank you most sincerely.
> 
> Sinan

The symbols that can be displayed in the TeXworks editor window depend
on which font you are using there. Presumably you've picked ones without
the necessary characters for Turkish.
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Joseph Wright