Encodings
In this section:
The Encodings options control the character encodings of the input files to and the output files from the linker.

Default input file encoding
Specifies the default encoding that the linker shall use when reading a text input file with no Byte Order Mark (BOM). Choose between:
- System locale
Sets the system locale as the default encoding.
- UTF-8
Sets the UTF-8 encoding as the default.
Text output file encoding
Specifies the encoding that the linker shall use when generating a text output file. Choose between:
- System locale
Uses the system locale encoding.
- UTF-8
Uses the UTF-8 encoding.
- With BOM
Adds a Byte Order Mark to the output file.
This option is only available when you have selected one of the UTF encodings for your output file.