Added note about default encoding set for new workspaces and projects
See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=578796
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</tr>
+ <tr id="explicit-encoding-workspaces"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=516583 -->
+ <td class="title"><a href="#explicit-encoding-workspaces">Explicit encoding set for new workspaces</a></td>
+ <td class="content">
+ <p>
+ If Eclipse is started without explicit default encoding set, <b>UTF-8</b> will be set as default encoding
+ for new workspaces.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In case some encoding was specified at Eclipse startup either as JVM
+ system property <code>-Dfile.encoding=XYZ</code>
+ or by product customization preference <code>org.eclipse.core.resources/encoding=XYZ</code>
+ , this custom encoding will be persisted as default encoding for new workspaces.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ After that all new projects created in new workspaces will also have
+ explicit default encoding set (they will derive that from the workspace encoding
+ and not from some random encoding taken from current OS settings).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Existing workspaces or projects with encoding already set will be not
+ affected and will keep their original encoding.
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr id="explicit-encoding-projects"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=479450 -->
+ <td class="title"><a href="#explicit-encoding-projects">Explicit encoding set for new projects</a></td>
+ <td class="content">
+ <p>All new projects created with 4.24 release will have explicit
+ default project encoding set after creation,
+ based on the workspace default encoding.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ As a result, a new project will always have
+ <code>.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs</code>
+ file generated, containing information about project default encoding.
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
<tr id="no-explicit-encoding-project-warning"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=479451 -->
<td class="title"><a href="#no-explicit-encoding-project-warning">Warning for projects with no explicit default encoding</a></td>
<td class="content">
