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Doc: Remove outdated info about default encoding

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The Default encoding field now seems to correctly display
UTF-8.

Added a screenshot.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-24529
Change-Id: I2d7b240f9862afeb05c1ac359efe262206569235
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
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Leena Miettinen
2020-10-06 16:53:17 +02:00
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commit 0368b02559
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\uicontrol Options > \uicontrol {Text Editor} > \uicontrol Behavior, and \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol {Text Editor} > \uicontrol Behavior, and
then select a suitable option in \uicontrol {Default encoding}. then select a suitable option in \uicontrol {Default encoding}.
Qt 5 requires UTF-8 encoded source files, and therefore the default encoding \image qtcreator-options-texteditor-behavior-file-encodings.png "File encoding options"
was changed from \uicontrol System to \uicontrol UTF-8 in \QC version 2.6.
However, the \uicontrol {Default encoding} field still displays the value
\uicontrol System if the default system encoding is set to UTF-8.
Qt 5 and Qt 6 require UTF-8 encoded source files, and therefore the default
encoding is set to \uicontrol UTF-8.
Detecting the correct encoding is tricky, so \QC will not try to do so. Detecting the correct encoding is tricky, so \QC will not try to do so.
Instead, it displays the following error message when you try to edit a file Instead, it displays the following error message when you try to edit a file
that is not UTF-8 encoded: \uicontrol {Error: Could not decode "filename" with that is not UTF-8 encoded: \uicontrol {Error: Could not decode "filename" with