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I have scoured the internet for over 2 hours trying to find a solution that works to resolve this. I am trying to do a space escape in a .css file in Notepad++ and it just keeps showing this weird W thing (which I found out is the Korean currency symbol for "Won").
I've attempted all of the obvious and suggested fixes I was able to find - reinstalled Notepad++, changed the language settings, etc. It only does this in CSS files and it only does it in Notepad++. Another odd thing is that "Find"(Cntrl+F) results for "\" show this as the only instance in the file.
I want it to display
#status.En\ panne{...}
My two questions are:
1) Is there a way to resolve this?
2) Will just leaving it there still act as a space escape?
Mkalafut
Posted 2014-07-24T20:15:50.443
Reputation: 143
Check Control Panel -> Region and Language -> Administrative (Windows 7), what is set for "Language for non-Unicode programs"? I know if that's set to Japanese the \ appears as a Yen sign. It's just cosmetic though, it should still be \ in the file. – baochan – 2014-07-24T20:29:26.547
Did you try the 'encoding' menu item in notepadd++ and change the encoding? – dbza – 2014-07-24T20:32:26.313
Thanks for all the comments and answers. I will check all of these out and post my findings. – Mkalafut – 2014-07-24T20:38:27.707
@DBZ_A Yes I changed that and the font around several times to see if I can get any results. – Mkalafut – 2014-07-24T20:47:33.077
@baochan it shows as English (United States) – Mkalafut – 2014-07-24T20:48:09.017
It sounds like somehow it's displaying text with a Korean encoding. Check @DBZ_A's suggestion or Settings -> Style Configurator, maybe you're defaulting to a Korean font? – baochan – 2014-07-24T20:54:55.537
There is a convert encoding option also in the encoding menu, you might need to make a copy of the file and experiment with that too? I think since this is code you can convert to ANSI. Also please post the result once it is resolved :) – dbza – 2014-07-24T20:59:28.217
@baochan I checked all of those. My languages are all set to English and my font is set to Arial. – Mkalafut – 2014-07-24T21:00:31.320
@DBZ_A I will be sure to post the results once I've resolved this, if I do in fact resolve it. The problem persists when making an entirely new file and copying the CSS code to it. It shows up just fine. But the second I change the language to CSS it creates the Won symbol rather than the \ – Mkalafut – 2014-07-24T21:01:32.457
Posted an answer, for some reason my Notepad++ is set up the same way and I get the same error for CSS. It's a problem with the default font for the CSS style. – baochan – 2014-07-24T21:07:01.847
@Mkalafut: It's not you, it's a bug in Notepad++. http://i.stack.imgur.com/BxuJQ.png
– bwDraco – 2014-07-24T21:07:34.293