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Unicode and Other Files

With Keyman Developer 6.2, you can now edit text files containing Unicode characters encoded as UTF-8 and UTF-16. One major consequence to this is that keyboard source files can now contain Unicode characters, instead of having to use U+xxxx codes to represent them (although the U+xxxx codes are still supported, and perhaps better in some circumstances).

You can convert a file between the standard ANSI encoding, UTF-8, and UTF-16 using the file format dropdown list on the toolbar. Note that any Unicode characters in the file will be lost if it is converted to ANSI.

Keyman Developer 6.2 also adds the ability to create and edit XML and HTML documents, with syntax highlighting to easily distinguish the different parts of the files. This is intended primarily for editing HTML Readme files for keyboards, but is not limited to that. Note that XML and HTML documents can also be saved as UTF-8 or UTF-16.