How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text?

Question

How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text?

This seems like a pretty simple thing to do but searching has not yielded much. Any pointers would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Here is the way to do it for Sublime Text 3 build 3059+:

In user preferences, add the line:

"show_encoding": true

Answer 2

For my part, and without any plug-in, simply saving the file either from the File menu or with keyboards shortcuts

CTRL + S (Windows, Linux) or CMD + S (Mac OS)

briefly displays the current encoding - between parentheses - in the status bar, at the bottom of the editor's window. This suggestion works in Sublime Text 2 and 3.

Note that the displayed encoding to the right in the status bar of Sublime Text 3, may display the wrong encoding of the file if you have attempted to save the file with an encoding that can't represent all the characters in your file. In this case you would have seen an informational dialog and Sublime telling you it's falling back to UTF-8. This may not be the case, so be careful.

Answer 3

ShowEncoding is another simple plugin that shows you the encoding in the status bar. That's all it does, to convert between encodings use the built-in "Save with Encoding" and "Reopen with Encoding" commands.

Answer 4

plugin ConverToUTF8 also has the functionality.

Answer 5

Another option in case you don't wanna use a plugin:

Ctrl+` or

View -> Show Console

type on the console the following command:

view.encoding()

In case you want to something more intrusive, there's a option to create an shortcut that executes the following command:

sublime.message_dialog(view.encoding())

Answer 6

With the EncodingHelper plugin you can view the encoding of the file on the status bar. Also you can convert the encoding of the file and extended another functionalities.