From c61381e99dfee0cc0353f506ff6dbe01d2ae2030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "METANEOCORTEX\\Kotti" <rainer.kottenhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:51:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove too strong UTF-8 affinity

---
 src/Edit.c                | 6 ------
 src/EncodingDetection.cpp | 7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Edit.c b/src/Edit.c
index 58eb6d76f..59f082a3f 100644
--- a/src/Edit.c
+++ b/src/Edit.c
@@ -1465,12 +1465,6 @@ bool EditLoadFile(
                 status->iEncoding = CPI_UTF8;
                 EditDetectEOLMode(lpData, cbData, status);
             }
-        }
-        else if (!IS_ENC_ENFORCED() && encDetection.bPureASCII7Bit) {
-            // load ASCII(7-bit) as ANSI/UTF-8
-            EditSetNewText(hwnd, lpData, cbData, bClearUndoHistory, bReloadFile);
-            status->iEncoding = (Settings.LoadASCIIasUTF8 ? CPI_UTF8 : CPI_ANSI_DEFAULT);
-            EditDetectEOLMode(lpData, cbData, status);
 
         } else { // ===  ALL OTHER NON UTF-8 ===
 
diff --git a/src/EncodingDetection.cpp b/src/EncodingDetection.cpp
index 49bcb3ae7..c59929b18 100644
--- a/src/EncodingDetection.cpp
+++ b/src/EncodingDetection.cpp
@@ -1239,9 +1239,6 @@ extern "C" ENC_DET_T Encoding_DetectEncoding(const HPATHL hpath, const char* lpD
             encDetRes.analyzedEncoding = iAnalyzeHint;
             encDetRes.confidence = (1.0f - Settings2.AnalyzeReliableConfidenceLevel);
         }
-        else if (encDetRes.bPureASCII7Bit && encDetRes.bValidUTF8) {
-            encDetRes.analyzedEncoding = CPI_UTF8;
-        }
 
         if (!bSkipUTFDetection) {
 
@@ -1306,12 +1303,12 @@ extern "C" ENC_DET_T Encoding_DetectEncoding(const HPATHL hpath, const char* lpD
             encDetRes.Encoding = encDetRes.analyzedEncoding;
         }
     }
-    else if (!encDetRes.bIsAnalysisReliable && Encoding_IsValid(encDetRes.analyzedEncoding))
+    else if (!encDetRes.bIsAnalysisReliable && (Encoding_IsValid(encDetRes.analyzedEncoding) || encDetRes.bPureASCII7Bit))
     {
         // UCHARDET below confidence threshold (UseReliableCEDonly is true)
         encDetRes.Encoding = encDetRes.bValidUTF8 ? CPI_UTF8 : CPI_ANSI_DEFAULT;
     }
-    else if (Encoding_IsUNICODE(encDetRes.unicodeAnalysis) && (iConfidence > 66))
+    else if (Encoding_IsUNICODE(encDetRes.unicodeAnalysis) && (iConfidence > 50))
     {
         // unicodeAnalysis (IsTextUnicode) confirms Unicode structure,
         // iConfidence is from UCHARDET analysis — use analyzedEncoding (intentional)