How to set a codepage for "Compare Contents" tool?

[TestUser013]

Hello Experts,

I have been using the old version of Total Commander 8.51a x64 for a long time. Recently, I downloaded version 11.03 x64 and faced a problem - the file encoding in the "Compare Contents" tool is incorrectly determined. Please tell me how and where to configure the code page to fix the encoding.

I'm using Windows 11.
A language for non-Unicode programs is set to Ukrainian in windows settings.
A reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage 1252 is set to c_1252.nls and 1251 is set to c_1251.nls (I also tried to set 1252 to c_1251.nls but it didn't help)
Lister shows evething correct and it says that codepage 1251 is used.

Here are two screenshots of the same files on my laptop, captured using different TC versions
v11: https://imgur.com/LDeKbv9
v8: https://imgur.com/4GtVaVj

[beb]

2TestUser013
If your issue is concerned only with the Ukrainian .mnu files try the following:
1. in .lng change the second string from

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Ukrainian (Українська)
codepage=1251

to

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Ukrainian (Українська)
codepage=65001

2. Save both .mnu and .lng files as UTF-8 without BOM (65001).

And returning to the original question, try to compare the fonts set in each version of the TotalCommander.

Specifically, Compare by content tool font can be explicitly set here:
wincmd.ini:

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[AllResolutions]
CompFontName=Courier New
CompCharSet=204

Where some character set codes: Western=1; Greek=161; Turkish=162; Vietnamese=163; Hebrew=177; Arabic=178; Baltic=186; Cyrillic=204; Thai=222; Central European=238.

[Fla$her]

2beb
For codepage=65001, it will have to save almost all *.lng in UTF-8 in the \Plugins\wdx\ subfolders.
And as a result, in some dialog drop-down menus, the items may display incorrect information.

[TestUser013]

Thanks for the answers! The problem is not with the Ukrainian .mnu files. All ASCII files are affected.

I've changed CompCharSet to 204 an now everything works perfectly. Thank you beb so much!

[beb]

2TestUser013
You're very welcome.

[ghisler(Author)]

CompCharSet is the character set chosen when picking a font in compare by content.