Converting Text
Files can contain text in various code pages. If you want the text to be readable, you may need to convert it to the ANSI code page (it depends on the current regional settings). The viewer supports these conversions with the following commands:
- Auto-Select: if checked, the viewer tries to autodetect needed conversion.
- Don't Convert, custom conversions (they are defined in CONVERT directory in Sally installation), OEM-ANSI, and ANSI-OEM: currently used conversion is checked (Don't Convert is checked if no conversion is used), you can choose any conversion from the list.
- Set as Default: use this command to set the current conversion as default for all future viewing (it also turns off Auto-Select).
- Next (the F8 key): try the next conversion from the menu (you can go through all conversions to find the one in which the text is most readable).
- Previous (the Shift+F8 key): try the previous conversion from the menu.
You can find all the described commands in the viewer Convert menu.
From the Sally manual (GPL-2.0-or-later), © 1997-2023 Open Salamander Authors; © 2025-2026 Elias Bachaalany. Source: manual source (zip) · original page in the Sally repository