[Feature request] Can EBCDIC code page support be added to NP++?

[pjfarleyiii]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Description of the Issue

I work on an IBM mainframe and it is sometimes helpful to be able to edit a mainframe EBCDIC file on my PC without EBCDIC -> ISO8859-1 translation. Is it possible to support viewing and editing EBCDIC-encoded files in at least a few of the more common code pages like IBM1047, IBM037, IBM1140, etc.? Not the double-byte code pages, just the single-byte ones.

Describe the solution you'd like.

Options under the Encoding menu item to support EBCDIC encoded text files.

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.6.7   (64-bit)
Build time : May 12 2024 - 20:04:00
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : 
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 19045.4412
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : 
    mimeTools (3.1)
    NppConverter (4.6)
    NppExport (0.4)

Anything else?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC

[alankilborn]

Non-unicode encodings in Notepad++ are really only supported because they were 20+ years ago in Notepad++ 's infancy. They don't get much if any attention these days. So I'd doubt that EBCDIC will get any attention. But, good luck.