@PlayF1-Manager
In fact, everything seems to work differently between programs.
Which is the best standard to use, and how to convert to it?
There is no such thing as a BEST standard. Why? Because there are many
situations when the “standard” is good and when it is bad.
If you need to work with old databases you don’t want to use files with
utf8+bom encoding, maybe you don’t want to use utf8 at all.
On the other side, utf8 is by far the most versatile encoding (afaik).
From programming side of view I would always use uft8 nowadays but
as said, it might be irrelevant in your case.
What is good to know about encoding is written here
and here (which is part of the first link anyway).
Cheers
Claudia