[texworks] Changing the encoding of an already-open file

[Stefan Löffler]

Dear Philip,

sorry for the late reply.

On 2018-06-03 20:33, Philip Taylor wrote:
> In TeXworks, under Edit/Preferences, I can change the default encoding from UTF-8 to (e.g.,) ISO-8859-1, but there is a warning :
>
> /Note:  /These are default settings.  Changes to them will not affect windows that are already open.  Use the respective items in the "Format" menu to achieve that.

This note applies to most, but unfortunately not quite all options.

> What, please, is "the respective item in the 'Format' menu" by which to change the perceived encoding of a document already open in a TeXworks window ?

To change the encoding of an open file, you can click on the encoding 
box in the windows's status bar at the bottom. By default, it should 
display "UTF-8" (unless you changed that in the preferences). A relative 
large list of possible encoding should open up. Note that changing the 
encoding will apply to future operations (i.e., saving). To reopen an 
already open document with the selected encoding, use "Reload using 
selected encoding" in the same popup menu.

HTH
Stefan