:set encoding=utf8 :set fileencoding=utf8 The first controls the display, the second file saves. Vim has to have been compiled with multibyte support, though.
From: Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:01:58 -0400 To: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Perl6 Language List <perl6-language@perl.org> Subject: Re: :=: (OT) The default mode for my vim was Latin-1. I was being lazy because I knew how to tell gnome-terminal to do Latin-1, but I have no clue how to tell vim to display and save UTF-8. I'm sure it's easy enough though. On second thought... do I really want to have to figure out: $pie â= $face; or is that: $pieââ; â