Mick wrote: > - My /etc/vim/vimrc says scriptencoding utf-8, does this mean > that this is the vim encoding and any new file will be saved with > this encoding?
No, scriptencoding is just the encoding of /etc/vim/vimrc. File encoding is handled by 'fileencodings' further down. > - If I open a file which was saved with ISO-8859-1, edit it and > save it, will it keep the original encoding? Yes. Vim will never change the encoding of a file. If you typed characters that don't fit in ISO-8859-1 (which can happen if you use a utf locale), you will get a CONVERSION ERROR upon writing the file, and 'quit' will refuse to quit without you forcing it. > - The vimrc says: " Make sure we have a sane fallback for > encoding detection set fileencodings+=default" I guess this is > system default. How can I find what is the default setting? Open a new file and type ":set enc"; it will show the current (default) enconding. This default is what LANG says. See the output of 'locale'. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
