diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f781f83c..f77e7f62 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ FROM perl:5.38.2-slim-threaded-buster
 #
 
 ARG LATEXINDENT_VERSION
-ENV LATEXINDENT_VERSION ${LATEXINDENT_VERSION:-V3.24.1}
+ENV LATEXINDENT_VERSION ${LATEXINDENT_VERSION:-V3.24.2}
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install \
diff --git a/LatexIndent/GetYamlSettings.pm b/LatexIndent/GetYamlSettings.pm
index 4d494037..6365e0fd 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/GetYamlSettings.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/GetYamlSettings.pm
@@ -389,36 +389,8 @@ sub yaml_read_settings {
                 # output the contents of indentconfig to the log file
                 $logger->info( Dump \%{ $userSettings->[0] } );
 
-                # change the encoding of the paths according to the field `encoding`
-                if ( $userSettings and ( ref( $userSettings->[0] ) eq 'HASH' ) and $userSettings->[0]->{encoding} ) {
-                    use Encode;
-                    my $encoding       = $userSettings->[0]->{encoding};
-                    my $encodingObject = find_encoding($encoding);
-
-                    # Check if the encoding is valid.
-                    if ( ref($encodingObject) ) {
-                        $logger->info("*Encoding of the paths is $encoding");
-                        foreach ( @{ $userSettings->[0]->{paths} } ) {
-                            my $temp = $encodingObject->encode("$_");
-                            $logger->info("Transform file encoding: $_ -> $temp");
-                            push( @absPaths, $temp );
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        $logger->warn("*encoding \"$encoding\" not found");
-                        $logger->warn("Ignore this setting and will take the default encoding.");
-                        @absPaths = @{ $userSettings->[0]->{paths} };
-                        foreach ( @{ $userSettings->[0]->{paths} } ) {
-                            push( @absPaths, $_ );
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                else    # No such setting, and will take the default
-                {
-                    # $logger->info("*Encoding of the paths takes the default.");
-                    foreach ( @{ $userSettings->[0]->{paths} } ) {
-                        push( @absPaths, $_ );
-                    }
+                foreach ( @{ $userSettings->[0]->{paths} } ) {
+                    push( @absPaths, $_ );
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/LatexIndent/Logger.pm b/LatexIndent/Logger.pm
index 425c8eae..7c4352a9 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/Logger.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/Logger.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package LatexIndent::Logger;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Exporter;
+use Exporter qw/import/;
 use LatexIndent::Switches qw/%switches/;
 our @ISA       = "LatexIndent::Document";    # class inheritance, Programming Perl, pg 321
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw/@logFileLines/;
diff --git a/LatexIndent/Special.pm b/LatexIndent/Special.pm
index 096d2935..8dac47bf 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/Special.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/Special.pm
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ package LatexIndent::Special;
 #	For all communication, please visit: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use Exporter                      qw/import/;
 use LatexIndent::Tokens           qw/%tokens/;
 use LatexIndent::TrailingComments qw/$trailingCommentRegExp/;
 use LatexIndent::GetYamlSettings  qw/%mainSettings/;
 use LatexIndent::Switches         qw/$is_t_switch_active $is_tt_switch_active/;
 use LatexIndent::LogFile          qw/$logger/;
-use LatexIndent::IfElseFi         qw/$ifElseFiBasicRegExp/;
+use LatexIndent::IfElseFi;
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Exporter qw/import/;
 our @ISA = "LatexIndent::Document";    # class inheritance, Programming Perl, pg 321
 our @EXPORT_OK
     = qw/find_special construct_special_begin $specialBeginAndBracesBracketsBasicRegExp $specialBeginBasicRegExp/;
diff --git a/LatexIndent/TrailingComments.pm b/LatexIndent/TrailingComments.pm
index 9d653250..5e47ae3f 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/TrailingComments.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/TrailingComments.pm
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@ our @EXPORT_OK
     = qw/remove_trailing_comments put_trailing_comments_back_in $trailingCommentRegExp add_comment_symbol construct_trailing_comment_regexp @trailingComments/;
 our @trailingComments;
 our $commentCounter = 0;
+our $notPrecededByRegExp;
 our $trailingCommentRegExp;
 
 sub construct_trailing_comment_regexp {
-    my $notPreceededBy = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{notPreceededBy}/;
+    $notPrecededByRegExp = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{notPrecededBy}/;
+    my $notPreceededBy = ${${mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{notPreceededBy};
 
-    $trailingCommentRegExp = qr/$notPreceededBy%$tokens{trailingComment}\d+$tokens{endOfToken}/;
+    if ( $notPreceededBy ) {
+        $logger->warn(
+            "*fineTuning:trailingComments:notPreceededBy is ok for now, but in future versions, fineTuning:trailingComments:notPrecededBy will be used" );
+        $notPrecededByRegExp = qr/$notPreceededBy/;
+    }
+
+    $trailingCommentRegExp = qr/$notPrecededByRegExp%$tokens{trailingComment}\d+$tokens{endOfToken}/;
 }
 
 sub add_comment_symbol {
@@ -66,17 +74,16 @@ sub remove_trailing_comments {
 
     $logger->trace("*Storing trailing comments") if $is_t_switch_active;
 
-    my $notPreceededBy = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{notPreceededBy}/;
-    my $afterComment   = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{afterComment}/;
+    my $afterComment = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{afterComment}/;
 
     # perform the substitution
     ${$self}{body} =~ s/
-                            $notPreceededBy   # not preceded by a \
-                            %                 # % 
+                            $notPrecededByRegExp  # not preceded by a \
+                            %                     # % 
                             (
-                                $afterComment # anything else
+                                $afterComment     # anything else
                             )
-                            $                 # up to the end of a line
+                            $                     # up to the end of a line
                         /   
                             # increment comment counter and store comment
                             $commentCounter++;
@@ -134,14 +141,13 @@ sub put_trailing_comments_back_in {
             # replace the line-broken trailing comment ID with a non-broken trailing comment ID
             ${$self}{body} =~ s/%\R?$trailingcommentIDwithLineBreaksRegExp/%$trailingcommentID/s;
         }
-        my $notPreceededBy = qr/${${$mainSettings{fineTuning}}{trailingComments}}{notPreceededBy}/;
         if (${$self}{body} =~ m/%$trailingcommentID
                               (
-                                  (?!                  # not immediately preceded by 
-                                      $notPreceededBy  # \
-                                      %                # %
+                                  (?!                       # not immediately preceded by 
+                                      $notPrecededByRegExp  # \
+                                      %                     # %
                                   ).*?
-                              )                        # captured into $1
+                              )                             # captured into $1
                               (\h*)?$                
                           /mx and $1 ne ''
             )
diff --git a/LatexIndent/UTF8CmdLineArgsFileOperation.pm b/LatexIndent/UTF8CmdLineArgsFileOperation.pm
index 45a2b6f5..d6d8b595 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/UTF8CmdLineArgsFileOperation.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/UTF8CmdLineArgsFileOperation.pm
@@ -5,22 +5,39 @@ use warnings;
 use feature qw( say state );
 use utf8;
 use Config qw( %Config );
-use Encode qw( decode encode );
+use Encode qw(find_encoding decode encode );
 
 use Exporter qw/import/;
 our @EXPORT_OK
     = qw/commandlineargs_with_encode @new_args copy_with_encode exist_with_encode open_with_encode zero_with_encode read_yaml_with_encode isdir_with_encode mkdir_with_encode/;
 
+our $encodingObject;  
+
+if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
+    my $encoding_sys = 'cp' . Win32::GetACP();
+    $encodingObject = find_encoding( $encoding_sys );
+    
+    # Check if the encoding is valid.
+    unless ( ref($encodingObject) ) {
+        $encodingObject = find_encoding( 'utf-8' );
+    }
+}
+else {
+    $encodingObject = find_encoding( 'utf-8' );
+}
+
 sub copy_with_encode {
     use File::Copy;
     my ( $source, $destination ) = @_;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::File;
         Win32::Unicode::File->import(qw(copyW));
         copyW( $source, $destination, 1 );
     }
     else {
+        $source = $encodingObject->encode($source);
+        $destination = $encodingObject->encode($destination);
         copy( $source, $destination );
     }
 }
@@ -28,12 +45,13 @@ sub copy_with_encode {
 sub exist_with_encode {
     my ($filename) = @_;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::File;
         Win32::Unicode::File->import(qw(statW));
         return statW($filename);
     }
     else {
+        $filename = $encodingObject->encode($filename);
         return -e $filename;
     }
 }
@@ -41,7 +59,7 @@ sub exist_with_encode {
 sub zero_with_encode {
     my ($filename) = @_;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::File;
         Win32::Unicode::File->import(qw(file_size));
         my $size = file_size($filename);
@@ -53,6 +71,7 @@ sub zero_with_encode {
         }
     }
     else {
+        $filename = $encodingObject->encode($filename);
         return -z $filename;
     }
 }
@@ -62,7 +81,7 @@ sub open_with_encode {
     my $filename = shift;
     my $fh;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::File;
         Win32::Unicode::File->import;
         $fh = Win32::Unicode::File->new;
@@ -74,6 +93,7 @@ sub open_with_encode {
         }
     }
     else {
+        $filename = $encodingObject->encode($filename);
         if ( open( $fh, $mode, $filename ) ) {
             return $fh;
         }
@@ -95,13 +115,14 @@ sub read_yaml_with_encode {
 sub isdir_with_encode {
     my $path = shift;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::File;
         Win32::Unicode::File->import(qw(file_type));
 
         return file_type( 'd', $path );
     }
     else {
+        $path = $encodingObject->encode($path);
         return -d $path;
     }
 }
@@ -109,7 +130,7 @@ sub isdir_with_encode {
 sub mkdir_with_encode {
     my $path = shift;
 
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::Unicode::Dir;
         Win32::Unicode::Dir->import(qw(mkdirW));
 
@@ -118,7 +139,7 @@ sub mkdir_with_encode {
     else {
         require File::Path;
         File::Path->import(qw(make_path));
-
+        $path = $encodingObject->encode($path);
         make_path($path);
     }
 }
@@ -126,7 +147,7 @@ sub mkdir_with_encode {
 #https://stackoverflow.com/a/63868721
 #https://stackoverflow.com/a/44489228
 sub commandlineargs_with_encode {
-    if ( $FindBin::Script eq 'latexindent.exe' ) {
+    if ( $FindBin::Script =~ /\.exe$/ ) {
         require Win32::API;
         import Win32::API qw( ReadMemory );
 
@@ -207,7 +228,6 @@ sub commandlineargs_with_encode {
         @ARGV = @{$args};
     }
     else {
-        my $encodingObject = "utf-8";
         @ARGV = map { decode( $encodingObject, $_ ) } @ARGV;
         our @new_args = @ARGV;
     }
diff --git a/LatexIndent/Version.pm b/LatexIndent/Version.pm
index 0198585f..5232967f 100644
--- a/LatexIndent/Version.pm
+++ b/LatexIndent/Version.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ use warnings;
 use Exporter qw/import/;
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw/$versionNumber $versionDate/;
 
-our $versionNumber = '3.24.1';
-our $versionDate   = '2024-05-12';
+our $versionNumber = '3.24.2';
+our $versionDate   = '2024-06-15';
 1
diff --git a/defaultSettings.yaml b/defaultSettings.yaml
index 80120978..15073c2f 100644
--- a/defaultSettings.yaml
+++ b/defaultSettings.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# latexindent.pl, version 3.24.1, 2024-05-12
+# latexindent.pl, version 3.24.2, 2024-06-15
 #
 # defaultSettings.yaml, the default settings for latexindent.pl
 #
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ fineTuning:
     before: (?:#\d\h*;?,?\/?)+|\<.*?\>
     between: _|\^|\*
   trailingComments:
-    notPreceededBy: (?<!\\)
+    notPrecededBy: (?<!\\)
     afterComment: .*?
   modifyLineBreaks:
     doubleBackSlash: \\\\(?:\h*\[\h*\d+\h*[a-zA-Z]+\h*\])?
diff --git a/documentation/changelog.md b/documentation/changelog.md
index 646675aa..3771ce6e 100644
--- a/documentation/changelog.md
+++ b/documentation/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-<!-- announcement: oneSentencePerLine par issue bug fix-->
+<!-- announcement: encoding bug fix-->
 
 # changelog.md
+## V3.24.2, June 15, 2024
+encoding bug fix, see [issue 547](https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/issues/547), thanks to @fengzyf
+
 ## V3.24.1, May 12, 2024
 oneSentencePerLine par issue bug fix, see [issue 527](https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/issues/527)
 
diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index b063691e..2adec41d 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'3.24.1'
+version = u'3.24.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'3.24.1'
+release = u'3.24.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/documentation/contributors.bib b/documentation/contributors.bib
index 2da6ea81..49fc2deb 100644
--- a/documentation/contributors.bib
+++ b/documentation/contributors.bib
@@ -224,3 +224,14 @@ @online{jessestricker
 	author   = "Jesse Stricker",
 	urldate  = {2023-07-12},
 	keywords = {contributor},}
+
+%
+% 2024
+%
+@online{fengzyf,
+	title    = "Encoding work",
+	url      = "https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/pull/548",
+	date     = {2024-06-15},
+	author   = "fengzyf",
+	urldate  = {2024-06-15},
+	keywords = {contributor},}
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/fine-tuning3.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/fine-tuning3.yaml
index 44f5259e..077ee0f6 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/fine-tuning3.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/fine-tuning3.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fineTuning:
     trailingComments:
-      notPreceededBy: (?<!\\)
+      notPrecededBy: (?<!\\)
       afterComment: (?!(?:\hend)).*?
 
 specialBeginEnd:
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/href2.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/href2.yaml
index 83554ade..0a42946c 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/href2.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/href2.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fineTuning:
     trailingComments:
-      notPreceededBy: '(?:(?<!Handbook)(?<!for)(?<!Spoken))'
+      notPrecededBy: '(?:(?<!Handbook)(?<!for)(?<!Spoken))'
 
 modifyLineBreaks:
     textWrapOptions:
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-conda.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-conda.yaml
index 11c0022a..effcf3fa 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-conda.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-conda.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - repo: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl
-  rev: V3.24.1
+  rev: V3.24.2
   hooks:
   - id: latexindent-conda
     args: [-s]
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-cpan.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-cpan.yaml
index 6d3ddbcb..11ec781e 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-cpan.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-cpan.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - repo: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl
-  rev: V3.24.1
+  rev: V3.24.2
   hooks:
   - id: latexindent
     args: [-s]
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-demo.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-demo.yaml
index 4ce217a2..b46b6795 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-demo.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-demo.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - repo: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl
-  rev: V3.24.1
+  rev: V3.24.2
   hooks:
   - id: latexindent
     args: [-l, -m, -s, -w]
diff --git a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-docker.yaml b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-docker.yaml
index 255cc197..dd8255ba 100644
--- a/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-docker.yaml
+++ b/documentation/demonstrations/pre-commit-config-docker.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - repo: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl
-  rev: V3.24.1
+  rev: V3.24.2
   hooks:
     - id: latexindent-docker
       args: [-s]
diff --git a/documentation/latexindent-yaml-schema.json b/documentation/latexindent-yaml-schema.json
index 65c9fd1d..8f457e91 100644
--- a/documentation/latexindent-yaml-schema.json
+++ b/documentation/latexindent-yaml-schema.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema",
   "$id": "latexindent-yaml-schema.json",
   "title": "latexindent.pl YAML schema",
-  "description": "latexindent.pl YAML schema helper, V3.24.1 2024-05-12",
+  "description": "latexindent.pl YAML schema helper, V3.24.2 2024-06-15",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "fileExtensionPreference": {
@@ -1496,10 +1496,15 @@
           "description": "fine tuning, for trailing comments",
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
-            "notPreceededBy": {
+            "notPrecededBy": {
               "description": "regular expression for what can NOT come before %, for example \\%",
               "type": "string"
             },
+            "notPreceededBy": {
+              "description": "please use notPrecededBy instead",
+              "type": "string",
+              "deprecated": true
+            },
             "afterComment": {
               "description": "regular expression for what can come after %",
               "type": "string"
diff --git a/documentation/readme.txt b/documentation/readme.txt
index ec2f300c..0b58c4ee 100644
--- a/documentation/readme.txt
+++ b/documentation/readme.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-    latexindent.pl, version 3.24.1, 2024-05-12
+    latexindent.pl, version 3.24.2, 2024-06-15
 
     PERL script to indent code within environments, and align delimited 
     environments in .tex files.
diff --git a/documentation/sec-appendices.rst b/documentation/sec-appendices.rst
index 0324a3d5..ebb6fbef 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-appendices.rst
+++ b/documentation/sec-appendices.rst
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Linux users may be interested in exploring Perlbrew (“Perlbrew” n.d.); an ex
 
    sudo apt-get install perlbrew
    perlbrew init
-   perlbrew install perl-5.34.0
-   perlbrew switch perl-5.34.0
+   perlbrew install perl-5.39.1
+   perlbrew switch perl-5.39.1
    sudo apt-get install curl
    curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus
    cpanm YAML::Tiny
@@ -151,21 +151,19 @@ Ubuntu: users without perl
 Arch-based distributions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-First install the dependencies
+``latexindent`` is included in Arch-packaged TeX Live, and can be installed by:
 
 .. code-block:: latex
    :class: .commandshell
 
-   sudo pacman -S perl cpanminus
+   sudo pacman -S texlive-binextra perl-yaml-tiny perl-file-homedir
 
-In addition, install ``perl-file-homedir`` from AUR, using your AUR helper of choice,
+To enable optional ``–GCString`` switch, install ``perl-unicode-linebreak``:
 
 .. code-block:: latex
    :class: .commandshell
 
-   sudo paru -S perl-file-homedir
-
-then run the latexindent-module-installer.pl file located at helper-scripts/
+   sudo pacman -S perl-unicode-linebreak
 
 Alpine
 ^^^^^^
@@ -1123,29 +1121,30 @@ logFilePreferences
 
 .. _app:encoding:
 
-Encoding indentconfig.yaml
---------------------------
+Encoding
+--------
+
+When using latexindent in different ways on different systems, the range of characters supported by its switches/flags/options (see :numref:`sec:commandline`) may vary.
 
-In relation to :numref:`sec:indentconfig`, Windows users that encounter encoding issues with ``indentconfig.yaml``, may wish to run the following command in either ``cmd.exe`` or ``powershell.exe``:
+For the Windows executable file ``latexindent.exe``, its options support UTF-8 characters.
+
+For the Windows Perl script ``latexindent.pl``, its option switch supports the characters supported by the encoding corresponding to the system code page. You can check the system code page by running the following command in either ``cmd.exe`` or ``powershell.exe``:
 
 .. code-block:: latex
    :class: .commandshell
 
-   chcp
+     chcp
 
-They may receive the following result
+which may receive the following result
 
 .. code-block:: latex
    :class: .commandshell
 
-   Active code page: 936
+     Active code page: 936
 
-and can then use the settings given in :numref:`lst:indentconfig-encoding1` within their ``indentconfig.yaml``, where 936 is the result of the ``chcp`` command.
+and then the characters supported by the code page can be found in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/code-page-identifiers. For example, the characters supported by the encoding corresponding to code page 936 are: ANSI/OEM Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore); Chinese Simplified (GB2312).
 
-.. literalinclude:: demonstrations/encoding1.yaml
-	:class: .baseyaml
-	:caption: ``encoding`` demonstration for ``indentconfig.yaml`` 
-	:name: lst:indentconfig-encoding1
+For Ubuntu Linux and macOS users, whether using the Perl script or the executable file, the options support UTF-8 characters.
 
 dos2unix linebreak adjustment
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/documentation/sec-appendices.tex b/documentation/sec-appendices.tex
index 28d4bc0f..40192c34 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-appendices.tex
+++ b/documentation/sec-appendices.tex
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
    \begin{commandshell}
 sudo apt-get install perlbrew
 perlbrew init
-perlbrew install perl-5.34.0
-perlbrew switch perl-5.34.0
+perlbrew install perl-5.39.1
+perlbrew switch perl-5.39.1
 sudo apt-get install curl
 curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus
 cpanm YAML::Tiny
@@ -114,21 +114,19 @@
    \index{latexindent-linux} \index{linux} \index{TeXLive}
 
   \paragraph{Arch-based distributions}
-   First install the dependencies
+   \texttt{latexindent} is included in Arch-packaged TeX Live, and can be installed by:
 
    \begin{commandshell}
-sudo pacman -S perl cpanminus
+sudo pacman -S texlive-binextra perl-yaml-tiny perl-file-homedir
 \end{commandshell}
 
-   In addition, install \texttt{perl-file-homedir} from AUR, using your AUR helper of
-   choice,
+   To enable optional \texttt{--GCString} switch, install
+   \texttt{perl-unicode-linebreak}:
 
    \begin{commandshell}
-sudo paru -S perl-file-homedir
+sudo pacman -S perl-unicode-linebreak
 \end{commandshell}
 
-   then run the latexindent-module-installer.pl file located at helper-scripts/
-
   \paragraph{Alpine}
    If you are using Alpine, some \texttt{Perl} modules are not build-compatible with
    Alpine, but replacements are available through \texttt{apk}. For example, you might
@@ -927,21 +925,33 @@
   and \lstinline!-----! respectively.
   \end{example}
 
- \section{Encoding indentconfig.yaml}\label{app:encoding}
-  In relation to \vref{sec:indentconfig}, Windows users that encounter encoding issues
-  with \texttt{indentconfig.yaml}, may wish to run the following command in either
-  \texttt{cmd.exe} or \texttt{powershell.exe}:
+ \section{Encoding}\label{app:encoding}
+
+  When using latexindent in different ways on different systems, the range of characters
+  supported by its switches/flags/options (see \vref{sec:commandline}) may vary.
+
+  For the Windows executable file \texttt{latexindent.exe}, its options support UTF-8
+  characters.
+
+  For the Windows Perl script \texttt{latexindent.pl}, its option switch supports the
+  characters supported by the encoding corresponding to the system code page. You can
+  check the system code page by running the following command in either \texttt{cmd.exe}
+  or \texttt{powershell.exe}:
   \begin{dosprompt}
-chcp
-    \end{dosprompt}
-  They may receive the following result
+  chcp
+  \end{dosprompt}
+  which may receive the following result
   \begin{dosprompt}
-Active code page: 936
-    \end{dosprompt}
-  and can then use the settings given in \cref{lst:indentconfig-encoding1} within their
-  \texttt{indentconfig.yaml}, where 936 is the result of the \texttt{chcp} command.
-
-  \cmhlistingsfromfile[style=yaml-LST]{demonstrations/encoding1.yaml}[yaml-TCB]{\texttt{encoding} demonstration for \texttt{indentconfig.yaml}}{lst:indentconfig-encoding1}
+  Active code page: 936
+  \end{dosprompt}
+  and then the characters supported by the code page can be found in \href{Microsoft's
+  code page identifier
+  table}{https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/code-page-identifiers}. For
+  example, the characters supported by the encoding corresponding to code page 936 are:
+  ANSI/OEM Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore); Chinese Simplified (GB2312).
+
+  For Ubuntu Linux and macOS users, whether using the Perl script or the executable file,
+  the options support UTF-8 characters.
 
  \section{dos2unix linebreak adjustment}
 
diff --git a/documentation/sec-how-to-use.rst b/documentation/sec-how-to-use.rst
index 7d896318..5caedbff 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-how-to-use.rst
+++ b/documentation/sec-how-to-use.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ From the command line
 ``latexindent.pl`` has a number of different switches/flags/options, which can be combined in any way that you like, either in short or long form as detailed below. ``latexindent.pl`` produces a ``.log`` file, ``indent.log``, every time it is run; the name of the log file can be customised, but we will refer to the log file as ``indent.log`` throughout this document. There is a base of information that is written to ``indent.log``, but other additional information will be written depending on
 which of the following options are used.
 
+When using ``latexindent.pl`` in different ways on different systems, the range of characters supported by its switches/flags/options may vary. We discuss these in Section :numref:`app:encoding`.
+
 .. describe:: -v, –version
 
 .. index:: switches;-v, –version definition and details
diff --git a/documentation/sec-how-to-use.tex b/documentation/sec-how-to-use.tex
index 3625227d..a0f59d9c 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-how-to-use.tex
+++ b/documentation/sec-how-to-use.tex
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ \subsection{From the command line}\label{sec:commandline}
  written to \texttt{indent.log}, but other additional information will be written
  depending on which of the following options are used.
 
+ When using \texttt{latexindent.pl} in different ways on different systems, the range of
+ characters supported by its switches/flags/options may vary. We discuss these in Section
+ \cref{app:encoding}.
+
 \flagbox{-v, --version}
  \index{switches!-v, --version definition and details}
  \announce{2017-06-25}{version}
diff --git a/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.rst b/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.rst
index 0234ff4e..02059c23 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.rst
+++ b/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.rst
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ You can make sure that your settings are loaded by checking ``indent.log`` for d
 
 As of you can specify the ``paths`` field from :numref:`lst:indentconfig` within any of your ``latexindent.yaml`` and friends settings files. This can lead to creative nesting of configuration files; a demonstration is given in :numref:`sec:appendix:paths`.
 
-If you find that ``latexindent.pl`` does not read your YAML file, then it might be as a result of the default commandline encoding not being UTF-8; normally this will only occur for Windows users. In this case, you might like to explore the ``encoding`` option for ``indentconfig.yaml`` as demonstrated in :numref:`lst:indentconfig-encoding`.
-
-.. literalinclude:: demonstrations/encoding.yaml
-	:class: .baseyaml
-	:caption: The ``encoding`` option for ``indentconfig.yaml`` 
-	:name: lst:indentconfig-encoding
-
-Thank you to (qiancy98 2021) for this contribution; please see :numref:`app:encoding` and details within (“Perldoc Encode::Supported” n.d.) for further information.
-
 .. label follows
 
 .. _sec:localsettings:
@@ -204,16 +195,6 @@ A visual representation of this is given in :numref:`fig:loadorder`.
 
       Diaz, Jacobo. 2014. “Hiddenconfig.” July 21, 2014. https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/pull/18.
 
-   .. container::
-      :name: ref-encoding
-
-      “Perldoc Encode::Supported.” n.d. Accessed May 6, 2021. https://perldoc.perl.org/Encode::Supported.
-
-   .. container::
-      :name: ref-qiancy98
-
-      qiancy98. 2021. “Locale Encoding of File System.” May 6, 2021. https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/pull/273.
-
 .. [1]
    If you’re not sure where to put ``indentconfig.yaml``, don’t worry ``latexindent.pl`` will tell you in the log file exactly where to put it assuming it doesn’t exist already.
 
diff --git a/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.tex b/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.tex
index e24298b1..5e6bab5f 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.tex
+++ b/documentation/sec-indent-config-and-settings.tex
@@ -69,17 +69,6 @@ \subsection{indentconfig.yaml and .indentconfig.yaml}\label{subsec:indentconfig}
  \texttt{latexindent.yaml} and friends settings files. This can lead to creative nesting
  of configuration files; a demonstration is given in \vref{sec:appendix:paths}.
 
- If you find that \announce{2021-06-19}{encoding option for indentconfig.yaml}
- \texttt{latexindent.pl} does not read your YAML file, then it might be as a result of
- the default commandline encoding not being UTF-8; normally this will only occur for
- Windows users. In this case, you might like to explore the \texttt{encoding} option for
- \texttt{indentconfig.yaml} as demonstrated in \cref{lst:indentconfig-encoding}.%
-
- \cmhlistingsfromfile[style=yaml-LST]{demonstrations/encoding.yaml}[yaml-TCB]{The \texttt{encoding} option for \texttt{indentconfig.yaml}}{lst:indentconfig-encoding}
-
- Thank you to \cite{qiancy98} for this contribution; please see \vref{app:encoding} and
- details within \cite{encoding} for further information.
-
 \subsection{localSettings.yaml and friends}\label{sec:localsettings}
  The \texttt{-l} switch tells \texttt{latexindent.pl} to look for
  \texttt{localSettings.yaml} and/or friends in the \emph{same directory} as
diff --git a/documentation/sec-introduction.rst b/documentation/sec-introduction.rst
index 534f60e9..a536db27 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-introduction.rst
+++ b/documentation/sec-introduction.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ There is certainly no malicious intent in releasing this script, and I do hope t
 Quick start
 -----------
 
+When ``latexindent.pl`` reads and writes files, the files are read and written in UTF-8 format by default. That is to say, the encoding format for tex and yaml files needs to be in UTF-8 format.
+
 If you’d like to get started with ``latexindent.pl`` then simply type
 
 .. code-block:: latex
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ You might also like to see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19590042/error-ca
 About this documentation
 ------------------------
 
-As you read through this documentation, you will see many listings; in this version of the documentation, there are a total of 631. This may seem a lot, but I deem it necessary in presenting the various different options of ``latexindent.pl`` and the associated output that they are capable of producing.
+As you read through this documentation, you will see many listings; in this version of the documentation, there are a total of 629. This may seem a lot, but I deem it necessary in presenting the various different options of ``latexindent.pl`` and the associated output that they are capable of producing.
 
 The different listings are presented using different styles:
 
diff --git a/documentation/sec-introduction.tex b/documentation/sec-introduction.tex
index 67056bba..9d540c71 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-introduction.tex
+++ b/documentation/sec-introduction.tex
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ \subsection{License}
  throughout this document for details}.
 
 \subsection{Quick start}\label{sec:quickstart}
+ When \texttt{latexindent.pl} reads and writes files, the files are read and written in UTF-8 format by default. 
+ That is to say, the encoding format for tex and yaml files needs to be in UTF-8 format.
+
  If you'd like to get started with \texttt{latexindent.pl} then simply type
 
  \begin{commandshell}
diff --git a/documentation/sec-references.rst b/documentation/sec-references.rst
index 500b47b9..9c674349 100644
--- a/documentation/sec-references.rst
+++ b/documentation/sec-references.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ References
 
       eggplants. 2022. “Add Dockerfile and Its Updater/Releaser.” June 12, 2022. https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/pull/370.
 
+   .. container::
+      :name: ref-fengzyf
+
+      fengzyf. 2024. “Encoding Work.” June 15, 2024. https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl/pull/548.
+
    .. container::
       :name: ref-masteringregexp
 
diff --git a/documentation/title.tex b/documentation/title.tex
index 3f8260f9..044b0ee0 100644
--- a/documentation/title.tex
+++ b/documentation/title.tex
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 			sharp corners,
 			enhanced,
 			overlay={\node[anchor=north east,outer sep=2pt] at ([xshift=3cm,yshift=4mm]frame.north east) {\includegraphics[width=3cm]{logo}}; }]
-		\centering\ttfamily\bfseries latexindent.pl\\[1cm] Version 3.24.1
+		\centering\ttfamily\bfseries latexindent.pl\\[1cm] Version 3.24.2
 	\end{tcolorbox}
 }
 \author{Chris Hughes \thanks{and contributors!
 		See \vref{sec:contributors}.
 		For
 		all communication, please visit \cite{latexindent-home}.}}
-\date{2024-05-12}
+\date{2024-06-15}
 \maketitle
 \begin{adjustwidth}{1cm}{1cm}
 	\small
diff --git a/helper-scripts/update-version.sh b/helper-scripts/update-version.sh
index 54192143..3eb15a16 100755
--- a/helper-scripts/update-version.sh
+++ b/helper-scripts/update-version.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #
 #   update-version.sh -h
 #
+# git mode, runs the checkout, merge, pull, tag, push commands, checking for confirmation before each 
+#
+#   update-version.sh -g
+#
 # update
 #
 #   update-version.sh -u
@@ -44,10 +48,10 @@
 #        - <upload latexindent.zip to ctan>
 
 minorVersion=0
-oldVersion='3.24'
-newVersion='3.24.1'
-oldDate='2024-04-28'
-newDate='2024-05-12'
+oldVersion='3.24.1'
+newVersion='3.24.2'
+oldDate='2024-05-12'
+newDate='2024-06-15'
 updateVersion=0
 gitMode=0
 
diff --git a/latexindent.pl b/latexindent.pl
index 36855f46..c85bdf20 100755
--- a/latexindent.pl
+++ b/latexindent.pl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 #
-#   latexindent.pl, version 3.24.1, 2024-05-12
+#   latexindent.pl, version 3.24.2, 2024-06-15
 #
 #	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ffcb9e2f..a703cf91 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ and [pre-commit](https://latexindentpl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sec-appendices.h
 
 ## version
 
-    latexindent.pl, version 3.24.1, 2024-05-12
+    latexindent.pl, version 3.24.2, 2024-06-15
 
 ## author
 Chris Hughes (cmhughes)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ framework](https://pre-commit.com) by adding this to your
 
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl.git
-    rev: V3.24.1
+    rev: V3.24.2
     hooks:
       - id: latexindent
 ```
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ I align with many of the approaches and details at [Dramatically increase your p
 
 ## perl version
 
-I develop latexindent.pl on Ubuntu Linux, using [perlbrew](https://perlbrew.pl/); I currently develop on perl version v5.38.2
+I develop latexindent.pl on Ubuntu Linux, using [perlbrew](https://perlbrew.pl/); I currently develop on perl version v5.39.1
 
 ## GitHub Actions
 The standalone executables `latexindent.exe`, `latexindent-linux`, `latexindent-macos` are created and released by [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions); the
diff --git a/test-cases/alignment/alignment-test-cases.sh b/test-cases/alignment/alignment-test-cases.sh
index afe9fcd7..fb361150 100755
--- a/test-cases/alignment/alignment-test-cases.sh
+++ b/test-cases/alignment/alignment-test-cases.sh
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ latexindent.pl -s issue-535.tex -o=+-mod1
 
 latexindent.pl -s issue-543.tex -o=+-mod1
 
-latexindent.pl -s issue-541.tex -l issue-541.yaml -o=+-mod1
+latexindent.pl -s -m issue-541.tex -l issue-541.yaml -o=+-mod1
 
 [[ $silentMode == 0 ]] && set -x 
 [[ $gitStatus == 1 ]] && git status
diff --git a/test-cases/alignment/issue-541-mod1.tex b/test-cases/alignment/issue-541-mod1.tex
index 95d925f4..fcb07655 100644
--- a/test-cases/alignment/issue-541-mod1.tex
+++ b/test-cases/alignment/issue-541-mod1.tex
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 \usepackage{tabularray}%tabular
 
 \begin{document}
-\begin{tblr}[long,
+\begin{tblr}[
+		long,
 		label= {market_fuyanshan}
 	]{
 		cells = {c,m},
diff --git a/test-cases/alignment/issue-541.yaml b/test-cases/alignment/issue-541.yaml
index 26b81b91..9f1c656f 100644
--- a/test-cases/alignment/issue-541.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/alignment/issue-541.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+modifyLineBreaks:
+  optionalArguments:
+    tblr:
+      OptArgBodyStartsOnOwnLine: 1        # -1,0,1,2,3,4
 fineTuning:
   keyEqualsValuesBracesBrackets:
     name: |-
diff --git a/test-cases/fine-tuning/href2.yaml b/test-cases/fine-tuning/href2.yaml
index 83554ade..0a42946c 100644
--- a/test-cases/fine-tuning/href2.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/fine-tuning/href2.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fineTuning:
     trailingComments:
-      notPreceededBy: '(?:(?<!Handbook)(?<!for)(?<!Spoken))'
+      notPrecededBy: '(?:(?<!Handbook)(?<!for)(?<!Spoken))'
 
 modifyLineBreaks:
     textWrapOptions:
diff --git a/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544-mod1.tex b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544-mod1.tex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba19bcb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544-mod1.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+\tikzset{
+	% header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+	header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+	leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
+\tikzset{
+	header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+	% header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+	leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
+\tikzset{
+	header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+	header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+	% leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
diff --git a/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.tex b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.tex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94a34dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+\tikzset{
+    % header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+    header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+    leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
+\tikzset{
+    header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+    % header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+    leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
+\tikzset{
+    header decor right/.style={gray,line width=1.0,-{Diamond[open]}},
+    header decor left/.style={gray,line width=1.0,{Diamond[open]}-},
+    % leadsto/.style={-{Stealth[length=0.7em,open,round]}},
+}
diff --git a/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.yaml b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ded81d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/issue-544.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fineTuning:
+  namedGroupingBracesBrackets:
+    name: [0-9\.a-zA-Z@\*><-]+?
+    follow: \h|\R|\{|\[|\$|\)|\(|,
diff --git a/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/named-grouping-test-cases.sh b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/named-grouping-test-cases.sh
index 9ff795ae..810eafe0 100755
--- a/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/named-grouping-test-cases.sh
+++ b/test-cases/namedGroupingBracesBrackets/named-grouping-test-cases.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ latexindent.pl -s issue-501.tex -o +-mod1
 
 latexindent.pl -s -l issue-501.yaml issue-501.tex -o +-mod2
 latexindent.pl -s -m -y "modifyLineBreaks:textWrapOptions:columns:25,modifyLineBreaks:textWrapOptions:blocksBeginWith:other:(?:\\\\),noAdditionalIndentGlobal:namedGroupingBracesBrackets:1" issue-501a.tex -o=+-mod2
+
+latexindent.pl -s -l issue-544.yaml issue-544.tex -o=+-mod1
 [[ $gitStatus == 1 ]] && git status
 [[ $noisyMode == 1 ]] && makenoise
diff --git a/test-cases/path-tests/path-test3.txt b/test-cases/path-tests/path-test3.txt
index 865135ae..2189e557 100644
--- a/test-cases/path-tests/path-test3.txt
+++ b/test-cases/path-tests/path-test3.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ YAML settings, reading from the following files:
        paths:
          - /absolute/path/to/config.yaml
 
-WARN:  encoding "zzz" not found
-       Ignore this setting and will take the default encoding.
        ---
        encoding: zzz
        paths:
diff --git a/test-cases/path-tests/path-test4.txt b/test-cases/path-tests/path-test4.txt
index aa54cfd2..1c4330cb 100644
--- a/test-cases/path-tests/path-test4.txt
+++ b/test-cases/path-tests/path-test4.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ YAML settings, reading from the following files:
        paths:
          - ./a-nested-path1.yaml
 
-WARN:  encoding "zzz" not found
-       Ignore this setting and will take the default encoding.
        ---
        encoding: zzz
        paths:
diff --git a/test-cases/specials/issue-448b.yaml b/test-cases/specials/issue-448b.yaml
index 8068aa74..af5c0a11 100644
--- a/test-cases/specials/issue-448b.yaml
+++ b/test-cases/specials/issue-448b.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ specialBeginEnd:
 
 fineTuning:
     trailingComments:
-      notPreceededBy: (?<!\\)
+      notPrecededBy: (?<!\\)
       afterComment: (?!(?:\hend)).*?