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created June 5, 2010 · complexity basic · author Dnlcorrea · version 7.0
If you save a file using Vim or MacVim and try to open it with Quicklook, the characters will not display correctly. That is because Mac OS uses an extended attribute to determine the encoding of a file.
To fix, add this to your vimrc:
au BufWritePost * :if &fenc=='utf-8' || (&fenc=='' && &enc=='utf-8') | exec "silent !xattr -w com.apple.TextEncoding 'UTF-8;134217984' \"%\"" | endif
This will append the extended attribute in every file you save with a UTF-8. Note that % is in double quotes to escape spaces for the shell. The :silent command prevents Vim from displaying the results (which are empty).
If you want this for .txt files only, use the following instead:
au BufWritePost *.txt :if &fenc=='utf-8' || (&fenc=='' && &enc=='utf-8') | exec "silent !xattr -w com.apple.TextEncoding 'UTF-8;134217984' \"%\"" | endif
Using the command ls -l will show '@' in the file's attributes, for example:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 daniel staff 15 Jun 5 10:12 lol.txt
Comments
TO DO
- Use shellquote instead of surrounding with spaces manually?
- explain the 134... number. What the heck is it for?