Multi-Language

KSW is a multi-language product. It has been built from scratch based on the Unicode/UTF-8 standard, thus having native support for all languages (see Languages for latest KSW language news).

Languages and Encodings
Users may use multiple languages per project. It is always optimal to use UTF-8 encoding for your pages (you set the encoding in the page editor). In most page editors, encoding may be set per page or globally. Setting the default encoding as UTF-8 is an excellent choice.

KSW also accommodates legacy ANSI pages (Windows code page encoding). This is useful when you start with an existing (older) site [all new sites should be UTF-8]. After a project is loaded, and before it is opened, you may press the 'List ANSI Topics' button to see a report of the non-UTF-8 topics in your project.

Note. Pure ASCII files are valid UTF-8 files, they do not appear in the ANSI list.

Setting folders in hierarchy for different languages
When a project is created, a default language and a default sort method (alphabetic or manual) is defined for the project. In addition, any folder can have its own language set for it. The language determines alphabetic sorting of items in that folder. When a new folder is created, it always inherits the language of its parent folder - but the language setting can be subsequently changed.

Setting Index Language
The Index can have its own sorting language, although in most cases the default project language (which is also the default index language) needs not to be changed.