This assumes you have enabled the option "Ident.bytes in UTF-8 coding" in Program settings > Program (part 2).
_Steps to reproduce the problem:_ 1. Launch PSPad with no opened files 2. In the "Format" menu, choose UTF-8 3. Now open a file that is in plain ASCII (no BOM, no special characters, just plain ASCII) 4. Hit Ctrl+S (Save the file) _Result:_ The ASCII file was silently converted to UTF-8. It now has the BOM at the beginning. _Sugested solution:_ When the encoding can't be determined, assume ANSI, not the last chosen option in the Format menu. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,64085,64085> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
