Hi Fan, 2008/1/21 Fan Decheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [...] > > > > Here is a snippet from the Vim's reference: > > > > NOTE: Changing this option will not change the encoding of the > > existing text in Vim. It may cause non-ASCII text to become > > invalid. > > It should normally be kept at its default value, or set when Vim > > starts up. See |multibyte|. To reload the menus see |:menutrans|. > > Thanks. It seems that setting `encoding' before opening the file works.
Yes, it works fine for this case. But it doesn't necessary means that it's also OK for all the functions in Vim. So as a practical suggestion, never modify the "encoding" as long as you've already launched Vim. Only change this option *ONCE* in your .vimrc. > > > > L. F. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
