id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
3808	Add BOM to Modelica files	massimo ceraolo	Adeel Asghar	"Modelica specifications say:

''Each Modelica file in the file-system is stored in UTF-8 format (defined by The Unicode Consortium; http://www.unicode.org) and may start with the UTF-8 encoded byte order mark (0xef 0xbb 0xbf);
''

Currently OM does not use BOMs. the resulting files are not read correctly by other tools, such as Dymola, that expect BOM to exist.
I mean, the files run correctly, but non-ASCII characters are badly displayed.

Since BOM usage is allowed by the Modelica specifications, and their addition does not cause problems, I recommend to add them to OM-created files, at least as an option.
This would enhance OM compatibility with other tools with a very little effort.
"	enhancement	closed	high		OMEdit		fixed