Thank you Erik, Erik Christiansen wrote on 06.05.13: > When you try ":set fenc ?" in vim, does it show: > > fileencoding=utf-8 Yes, it does and the interaction of vim and mutt is fine
here is an example: cat renders: OBST/GEMUESE ┌─────────┬───────────┬──────────────┬────────┐ │Bestnr. │ Produkt │ Hersteller │ Menge │ │16266 │ Bananen │ golden │ 2KG │ │21804 │ Zwiebeln │ xxx │ 2KG │ │16300 │ Zitronen │ xxx │ 6‐8ST │ │18455 │ Gurken │ xxx │ 2ST │ │????? │ weißkohl │ 1ST │ │ └─────────┴───────────┴──────────────┴────────┘ ----- vim or less: OBST/GEMUESE ┌─────────┬───────────┬──────────────┬────────┐ │^[[1mBestnr. ^[[22m│ ^[[1mProdukt ^[[22m│ ^[[1mHersteller ^[[22m│ ^[[1mMenge ^[[22m│ │16266 │ Bananen │ golden │ 2KG │ │21804 │ Zwiebeln │ xxx │ 2KG │ │16300 │ Zitronen │ xxx │ 6‐8ST │ │18455 │ Gurken │ xxx │ 2ST │ │????? │ weißkohl │ 1ST │ │ └─────────┴───────────┴──────────────┴────────┘ could it be that the interaction with the terminal (gnome-terminal in my case) somehow has to do with this? jan > > If not, try: > > :set fileencoding=utf-8 > > At least that works for me when I use vim as the editor within mutt, and > use e.g. å,æ,ø. (See? We're back on topic, pretty much. :-) > > No initial colon, if added to your ~/.vimrc - but you knew that. > > Erik > > -- > Didn't the prophet Urdure vanquish the Dragon of Sluth on the plain of > Gidral after three days fighting? ... And wasn't it true that the sons > of Exequial beat the hosts of Myrilom? > - from The Book of Om, in Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett. --
