Extending Encodings

Question

Is it possible for me to add code-page support myself?

Answer

Yes, but only if the .NET platform already supports it. Fortunately, the .NET platform supports a very large number of locales and encodings.

1. Locate "pages.fti" in any given format:

   WebWorks Help 5.0/Transforms/pages.fti

2. Open that up and at the top you'll see:

   <Class name="encoding" validater="encoding">
    <Item value="UTF-8" stringid="encoding-utf-8" />
    <Item value="ISO-8859-1" stringid="encoding-iso-8859-1" />
    <Item value="Shift_JIS" stringid="encoding-shift-jis" />
    <Item value="EUC-KR" stringid="encoding-euc-kr" />
    <Item value="GB2312" stringid="encoding-gb2312" />
    <Item value="Big5" stringid="encoding-big5" />
    <Item value="Windows-1250" stringid="encoding-windows-1250" />
    <Item value="Windows-1251" stringid="encoding-windows-1251" />
    <Item value="Windows-1252" stringid="encoding-windows-1252" />
    <Item value="Windows-1253" stringid="encoding-windows-1253" />
    <Item value="Windows-1254" stringid="encoding-windows-1254" />
    <Item value="Windows-1257" stringid="encoding-windows-1257" />
   </Class>

3. Add in another item for Hebrew:

   <Item value="Windows-1255" />

4. Close and reopen your project.
5. Open up "Format Settings" and select your new encoding. It should "just work" on systems with that encoding supported.