On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 20:49, Gabriele F <g...@tiscali.it> wrote: > > The actual "correct" way to "change" the encoding of a buffer is, I > believe, with the "++enc" option, added either to :e (e.g. `:e > ++enc=utf8`) or several similar commands such as indeed :vi (`:vi > ++enc=utf8`).
Thanks, I didn't know about that. It's more convenient than changing the "fileencodings". > However I couldn't find a way to make it work with a file-less buffer, > such as your pipe example: Right. The only way I've found is to use a temporary file. Incidentally, the zsh shell makes that easy: % gvim -f =(man llseek) Regards, Albert. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CALPW7mQKZ1DPRYc%2B_bz%3D8mTFUWfnz2KhDthX7-oDBZE7eY_2BA%40mail.gmail.com.