public async Task<bool> SetEncodingAsync(Encoding encoding)
{
// re-interpret existing file with the specified encoding
if (Path != null)
{
if (! await SavePendingChangesAsync())
return false;
var text = await ReadTextAsync(Path, encoding);
// since we re-interpret the text
// the document would be "modified" whereas
// it semantically contains the same text
//
// setting IsEncodingChanging instructs
// the view to ignore the modifications
IsEncodingChanging = true;
SetTextContent(text);
}
// store the current encoding for later use
Encoding = encoding;
// returns whether using this encoding
// was successfull.
return encoding.DecodedSuccessfully();
}
