On 13/08/07, Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Hmm, I just checked a utf-8 file after I edited it and it says: :set encoding encoding=latin1 I assume this means that it was changed from utf8 to latin1 (what ever this is . . . is it relevant to ISO-8859-1?) > > - 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'. The output of locale gives me: =========================== $ locale LANG= LC_CTYPE="POSIX" LC_NUMERIC="POSIX" LC_TIME="POSIX" LC_COLLATE="POSIX" LC_MONETARY="POSIX" LC_MESSAGES="POSIX" LC_PAPER="POSIX" LC_NAME="POSIX" LC_ADDRESS="POSIX" LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX" LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX" LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX" LC_ALL= =========================== Not sure I understand what all this means. Is my Vim installation working as it should? Do I have to change my locale? -- Regards, Mick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
