Version: (using KDE 3.5.9) Installed from: SuSE RPMs K > I > U > C > ok enough it is clearly "random". Please sort the list or even better put the _exactly_ same list as in tools menu.
Tools menus -- I was referring to Kate Tools menu and encoding list (nicely sorted and described).
On 4.3 trunk, the encoding list is ordered. There is some minor detail, it seems the sort is case sensitive and all the encodings starting with Uppercase letters are on the top, while the "cp-" ones are on the bottom of the list
Here the encoding list seems equal to what is described in the previus comment. My config: Qt 4.5.1 KDE 4.2.85 (KDE 4.2.85 (KDE 4.3 Beta1)) kdelibs and kdebase svn rev r965394 Gentoo Linux x86 - kernel 2.6.29-tuxonice-r1
Closing as WORKSFORME