How to Paste text into .txt file with Unicode support?

[JimXYUser]

Hi,

When i copy some text and -> Paste Special -> Paste Text Into New File
It create a ANSI encoded text file.

How can I paste into a Unicode text file? (reason, some Unicode is not supported in ANSI).

thanks

[highend]

I tried it on the latest beta with:

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正體字/繁

in the clipboard and the file contains these chars afterwards...

EditPad Pro states: UTF-16LE BOM...

[PeterH]

Tested with highend's text:
- pasted it into command line: shown OK
- pasted/special into New File
- Preview it: OK
- Raw View: garbage (but says: UTF-16LE file, Ascii view)
- check per editor: OK

Didn't expect that Raw View shows it as ASCII - but as it says so I'd say it's correct.

[admin]

Raw is raw: it shows the bytes -- in this case as-if-they-were-ASCII.

[PeterH]

Raw is raw: it shows the bytes -- in this case as-if-they-were-ASCII.

Yes, but sometimes I need a quick look at a file that happens to be UTF, but that's not a Previewed filetype. (.gpx, for example, but others, too.)
Here it would be very convenient if I could switch in Raw View between Hex, ASCII, and UTF, to be able to read the contents. Now I always must open it in some editor, just to have a readable view.

So I'd wish a radio button instead of the Hex selection field.

[admin]

I see, maybe later.

[noembryo]

Is it possible to have a setting or a hack, to always create a UTF-8 file when pasting to a new text file, instead of an ANSI one?
Now I have to Paste to a new file, open it with an editor, change the encoding to UTF-8, and re-save.
(Which beats the purpose of this shortcut since it has the same or even more steps than to just open the editor, paste and save.. )

I hope that I'm not missing a very obvious solution somewhere..

P.S. Sorry for the necro (and hijacking), but this thread was very close to my request..

[highend]

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writefile("Clipboard-" . formatdate(, "yyyymmdd") . ".txt", <clp>, , "utf8");

?

[noembryo]

Thank you @highend for your code, but I was thinking more of a setting to the native Ctrl+Alt+V shortcut or the "Paste Text into New File" menu action.
I can try and create a CB with your code, and then somehow assign it the Ctrl+Alt+V keyboard shortcut (I hope that the shortcuts work if the CB is not visible)..

[jupe]

You just need to set the shortcut key via UDC no need for a CTB, you must first unset the default shortcut key via CKS though.

FYI with the default action, if the clipboard has unicode text on it then the file will get saved with a BOM automatically.

[noembryo]

FYI with the default action, if the clipboard has unicode text on it then the file will get saved with a BOM automatically.

There is this great mixup about Unicode<>utf-8, but from what I understand, if I copy some text that should be Unicode, like this: "διεθνές κείμενο", and paste it with ctrl+alt+V, I get an ANSI text file.
I couldn't find a way to copy anything and get a UTF-8 text file with paste..

[admin]

No. If you ctrl+alt+V "διεθνές κείμενο", you (should!) get a UTF-16LE BOM file.

[noembryo]

No. If you ctrl+alt+V "διεθνές κείμενο", you (should!) get a UTF-16LE BOM file.

Well, not here..

OS: Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, Version 22H2, Build 19045.3324 (10.0), .NET v4.8.09037
Time Zone: GTB Standard Time, GTB Daylight Time UTC Offset: +02:00
Windows UI Language: English LongPathAware: No
Themes: Yes (Dark) RealSystem32: Yes User Role: User

System / Thread Locale ID: 1032 (el-GR) / 1032 (el-GR)
Default ANSI Code Page: 1253 (ANSI - Greek)
Active ANSI Code Page: 1253 (ANSI - Greek)
Default OEM code page: 737 (OEM - Greek 437G)
Active OEM Code Page: 737 (OEM - Greek 437G)
DBCS Code Page: No
Main Contents Font: Segoe UI 9,75
Buttons & Labels Font: Segoe UI 9,75

[admin]

Try these and post the results:

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charview "διεθνές κείμενο";

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echo isunicode("διεθνές κείμενο", 0);

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echo isunicode("διεθνές κείμενο", 1);

[noembryo]

This is what I get with ctrl+alt+V

Clipboard-20250221.txt

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