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VIM uses wrong encoding - but only in status messages
I ran into a strange issue with my ArchLinux setup. Vim uses correct encoding for reading/displaying files but these status messages (which displays the current mode or reports back when the buffer is ...
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Finding the encoding of a text file containing weird characters
I recently received a file, of Turkish origin, where the file has some English words which I can easily read, and some weird characters. I wonder if this file is encoded, encrypted or sth else. I ...
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How can I make `file -i` command return ISO-8859-9?
Let's say I have a text file with content
şşş
and in vi/vim I have set fileencoding as :set fileencoding=ISO-8859-9.
Later when I check the encoding with
file -i <myFile>
it gives text/...
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Which default encoding for Vim: utf8 or latin1?
I'm writing text in European languages
as French, German, Italian.
All characters are compatible with latin1 encoding.
Thats why I decided to set the default encoding in vim to latin1.
Once in ...
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Vim scripting with Tcl: encoding mismatch
I am trying to write a plugin for Vim using Tcl as the backend language. I have written and tested most of the code and it seems to work fine except for one hurdle I can't seem to get over: encoding.
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Loading a chinese encoding file in vim, conversion errors
I can view http://hosting2.phor.net/~bolomi/ and save this to a file. In Chrome, I can view source and see the title of the page is 波羅蜜. If I open the saved file in vim to edit, I see question marks ...
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