How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text?

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arturomp picture arturomp · Apr 24, 2013 · Viewed 216.4k times · Source

How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text?

This seems like a pretty simple thing to do but searching has not yielded much. Any pointers would be appreciated!

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o.d picture o.d · Dec 18, 2013

Since this thread is a popular result in google search, here is the way to do it for sublime text 3 build 3059+: in user preferences, add the line:

"show_encoding": true

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