[Tex/LaTex] Encoding for a .tex file created under Mac and opened under Windows

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When I open a .tex file with Texmaker under Win8.1, that was created on a Mac using TexShop, I get the following error:

It seems that this file cannot be correctly decoded with the default encoding setting (UTF-8)

Different choices for an encoding option are then proposed. I select "macintosh", and the file opens correctly.

However, after saving it, when I open it again, the same error pops up again.

I guess I have to open the file with "macintosh" but save it with another encoding. I did not find a way to do so.

Do you have any idea?

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I just realized that Texmaker proposes a simple way of doing it. There is a Unicode converter in the "Tools" toolbar.

There, one selects the .tex file to open and specifies the original encoding. The file is then automatically converted!

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You can tell LaTeX to use another input encoding locally:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[catalan]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
blà blà blà
blà blà blà
\begin{figure}[ht!]
  \centering
  \newlength\figureheight
  \newlength\figurewidth
  \setlength\figureheight{6cm}
  \setlength\figurewidth{6cm}
  \begingroup
  \inputencoding{latin1} % or whatever
  \input{foo.tikz}
  \endgroup
\end{figure}
\end{document}

In this case it should work without problem, but I wouldn't recommend it in all cases: If auxiliary files are involved (glossaries, index, etc) mixing encodings can get confusing.

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