<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="task"
id="pref-profile-encoding">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
<link type="guide" xref="pref#profile"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-09-08" status="review"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
<!--<credit type="copyright editor">
<name></name>
<email></email>
<years></years>
</credit>-->
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Set a different encoding for each saved profile.</desc>
</info>
<title>Change profile character encoding</title>
<p>You should normally be able to use the default, UTF-8 encoding for all of
your terminal needs. If you do find that you regularly need to use a
different character encoding for a specific task, you can
<link xref="pref-profiles#new-profile">create a new profile</link> with a
different encoding.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Your current profile is selected in the sidebar. If you wish to edit
a different profile, click on its name.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui style="tab">Compatibility</gui> tab and set the
character encoding.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note>
<p>Most modern operating systems now support and use UTF-8 character
encoding by default.</p>
</note>
</page>