Config.txt encoding problem

Controllers Smoothie
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Hi! I created config file by my own (on win 7, notepad, saved as ANSI to 2GB SD card), but it doesn’t work.
When saved as ANSI, the debug UART output is “ăçëÓăËV{cëëë” and the board is frozen.
When saved as unicode, the board starts, but with output:
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ERROR: config file line ˙ţd is invalid, no key value pair found

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FATAL: motor X is not defined in config
Smoothie Running @120MHz

Build version: edge-2b84ffc, Build date: Jul 3 2019 21:31:48, MCU: LPC1769, System Clock: 120MHz

5 axis
NOTE: No extruders configured
Watchdog enabled for 10.000000 seconds
File not found: /sd/on_boot.gcode

With the unicode config file the firmware is running, but it is not accepting the commands (nothing happens). Please, what am I doing wrong? In the documentation is said, that with ANSI encoding it should work!
I also tried the original config file which is located on github but the result is same.

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I would suggest to start with the sample config file from the smoothieware website (http://smoothieware.org/configuring-smoothie) and just edit it with a decent editor like notepad++ (https://notepad-plus-plus.org/).

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Download a copy of Gedit to use as the text editor, the Windows 7 notepad is not good for an editor.

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Thanks! I downloaded Notepad++ and it works now!
So far I have only one problem - reading digital pin state.
In my config file I have:
switch.pinread.enable true
switch.pinread.input_pin 3.25
switch.pinread.input_type digital

But when I tried read it via console (openpnp) as “switch pinread” I get no pin status reply. Only “ok”.
I did everything according http://smoothieware.org/switch but it doesn’t work :confused:
With Pronterface console I receive the status of the pin, but with OpenPnP nothing…