>UTF-8 is not the default &encoding. Make sure that you have > > scriptencoding utf-8 > set encoding=utf-8 > >before any other command in your vimrc.
I tried the above, and now I don't get the error, but I don't get the right result for my actual listchars, which is as follows: set listchars=eol:¶,tab:\|,trail:•,extends:»,precedes:«,nbsp:× When I try :set list, the 'trail' shows up as an inverted question mark (should be Unicode bullet, U+2022) and the :set listchars? output lists the values in some format I'm not familiar with (enclosed in '<>') > > An alternative to ZyX's suggestion of using the "scriptencoding" command to > > tell Vim what encoding to read the vimrc in, you could also use the > > codepoint value in a string to set the listchars: > > let &listchars="eol:\u00B6" This works, but only for the first setting. I tried a few permutations using the '.' concatenation operator, but couldn't get it right. What's the correct syntax? -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
