encoding hebrew text

[Uri Even-Chen]

Hi people,

I have a problem with encoding hebrew text files on windows.  I used
notepad to edit these files, now I'm using notepad++ (by the way, I
highly recommend notepad++ on windows).  the problem is, hebrew text
appears as gibberish (ëøèéñ etc.).  I tried different encodings,
eventually with using windows-1255 as the character set, I can read
the hebrew in notepad++, but I can't convert it to utf-8.  Also, one
of my files I can't read the hebrew at all, even with windows-1255
encoding.  I need help to fix the hebrew encoding and convert the
files to utf-8.  Am I right that utf-8 is the best solution for
hebrew?

Thanks,
Uri Even-Chen
Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
E-mail: uri at speedy.net
Blog: http://www.speedy.net/uri/blog/