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opposed to pre-4.0 releases, the default java encoding is now a global setting. There is no way to set different encodings for projects, except setting encodings on individual files, which is not very practical
Generally missing a comprehensive system for managing file encodings, both for the editor and for build processes. For current versions of NB, it is best to use \uXXXX escapes, or to stick to the platform default encoding. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 19928 ***
Workaround for this: specify encoding of a project by adding "-encoding XXX" to Additional compile options in Project settings I'd like to see you use \u escapes in code - it's simply unreadable.
This issue was solved long time ago. Because nobody has reopened it neither added comments, we are verifying/closing it now. If you are still able to reproduce the problem, please reopen. Thanks in advance.