WinMerge & Encoding

Question

I have a problem with WinMerge (or more specific: WinMergeU). I have several php files that have the same content up to the chosen encoding. How can I tell WinMerge to ignore the encoding? If this is not possible: Is there an alternative, that can ignore the encoding?

Answer 1

You have an option in File > File encoding... that lets you select the loading codepage for the left or the right file. If you select just one of those and set the encoding so that it matches the other one, it should solve your problem.