Albert Wik wrote:
> 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) Assuming that loading the text as latin1 didn't mess it up (since it's an 8 bit encoding it should be OK), then you can convert it to utf-8 with: :set fencs=utf-8,latin1 :%!iconv -f latin1 -t utf-8 Vim might recognize the utf-8 encoding, if not set set 'fenc': :set fenc=utf8 Hopefully that works. -- You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands. [real standing laws in Connecticut, United States of America] /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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/202012081255.0B8CtN671630556%40masaka.moolenaar.net.