How can I get MATLAB editor recognize UTF-8 encoding?

[kmc]

Hello,

I'm working with MATLAB and sometimes need to use French in graphic
output. Like the 'plot' and 'title' functions. If I record my file in
UTF-8 encoding (by SciTE ou EmEditor), MATLAB's editor won't display
correctly the accented characters, then the graphic titles are with
garbled text. If I edit directly with MATLAB's editor, it saves m-
files using system's default encoding, in my case, GB2312, and some
accented characters can't be displayed (ï, ô, etc).

Yet, using UTF-8 encoded m-file, even if the display in MATLAB editor
is garbled, I can copy all text and paste it into MATLAB's command
prompt, then the output is as expected. This implies that MATLAB
handles UTF-8 characters, but how can I get them work in Editor?

Hope I'm made myself clear and thanks for all your help in advance.

--
kmc

[Scott Burnside]

kmc <kmc....@gmail.com> wrote in message <46f12e16-5e57-
4077-925f-b...@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com>...

> Hello,
>
> I'm working with MATLAB and sometimes need to use French
in graphic
> output. Like the 'plot' and 'title' functions. If I
record my file in
> UTF-8 encoding (by SciTE ou EmEditor), MATLAB's editor
won't display
> correctly the accented characters, then the graphic
titles are with
> garbled text. If I edit directly with MATLAB's editor, it
saves m-
> files using system's default encoding, in my case,
GB2312, and some

> accented characters can't be displayed (=EF, =F4, etc).

>
> Yet, using UTF-8 encoded m-file, even if the display in
MATLAB editor
> is garbled, I can copy all text and paste it into
MATLAB's command
> prompt, then the output is as expected. This implies that
MATLAB
> handles UTF-8 characters, but how can I get them work in
Editor?
>
> Hope I'm made myself clear and thanks for all your help
in advance.
>
> --
> kmc

% Displays current ASCII encoding in use in Matlab
for i = 1:255
roy(i) = cellstr(num2str(i));
orin(1,i) = char(i);
end
hanna = reshape(roy,255,1);
benjamin = reshape(orin,255,1);
x = char(hanna);
y = char(benjamin);
spacer(1:50,1:3) = ' ';
for r = 1:32
y(r,1:3) = 'N/A';
end
for r = 127:160
y(r,1:3) = 'N/A';
end
disp(' Current Windows/MATLAB Extended ASCII Usage');
disp
('*******************************************************');
disp([x(1:50,:),spacer,y(1:50,:),...
spacer,x(51:100,:),spacer,y(51:100,:),...
spacer,x(101:150,:),spacer,y(101:150,:),...
spacer,x(151:200,:),spacer,y(151:200,:),...
spacer,x(201:250,:),spacer,y(201:250,:)]);
clear spacer
spacer(1:5,1:3) = ' ';
disp
('*******************************************************');
disp([x(251:255,:),spacer,y(251:255,:)]);
disp
('*******************************************************');
% end of code

If you can't get the characters you want from direct ascii
manipulation you could always try LaTex.

Scott