Eclipse with BIG5 encoding codes !

The old source code files are BIG5 encoded. For some reasons, we have to keep original encoding, when using Eclipse (its default encoding is UTF-8). To use BIG-5 encoding in Eclipse, try to do in this way.

Figure 1. The Chinese characters in line 2073 are not shown properly.

TODO: Move cursor to project name, click the right button of mouse and select the Properties [Alt+Enter] , then the next window popup.

Figure 2. - In Text file encoding, field Other, type BIG. Eclipse starts detecting the encoding method automatically, and finds BIG is not supported. See top of this window.

Figure 3. - While BIG5 is completed, the unsupported message  disappeared. Then click Apply button, and OK to back to main window.

Figure 4. - The Chinese characters in line 2073 are shown properly. But line 2078 @#$!

Perforce, The Fast Software Configuration Management System

As introduced by my colleague, the version he used was for Windows. The linux/unix/mac versions are also available.

As a Eclipse user, it's lucky to have the Perforce Plug-in for Eclipse :)
http://www.perforce.com/perforce/products/p4wsad.html

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