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created April 4, 2006 · complexity basic · author Anatoli Sakhnik · version 6.0
I often need to edit files with different encodings, which can't be detected automatically (for expample, how to distinguish cp866 from cp1251?). So when the desired file was loaded with a wrong encoding, I used to type:
:e ++enc=<what_was_really_needed> %:p
The following function makes it easier:
function! ChangeFileencoding() let encodings = ['cp1251', 'koi8-u', 'cp866'] let prompt_encs = [] let index = 0 while index < len(encodings) call add(prompt_encs, index.'. '.encodings[index]) let index = index + 1 endwhile let choice = inputlist(prompt_encs) if choice >= 0 && choice < len(encodings) execute 'e ++enc='.encodings[choice].' %:p' endif endf nmap <f8> :call ChangeFileencoding()<cr>
Further, it can be improved by populating the list of encodings from &fileencodings.
To set file encoding automatically from a modeline, see VimTip911.
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Also see http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip690