On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:09:59, Lee wrote: > I'm looking at > https://cygwin.com/packaging-hint-files.html#pvr.hint > and it starts off with > Use UTF-8 character encoding. > > How do I do that and how do I check that I actually did use UTF-8 > character encoding _without_ using file? [snip]
> I used vi to create both files & I'd like to understand why file says > one is ascii & the other is utf-8 vim can tell you that in the statusline ... :help statusline :help encoding Ask Google to help you with the details: GS: "vim show encoding in status". E.g. - http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Show_fileencoding_and_bomb_in_the_status_line (Show fileencoding and bomb in the status line) As an example: set laststatus=2 "set statusline=... set statusline+=\ en:\ %{strlen(&enc)\ ?\ &enc\ :\ 'x'} "set statusline+... Henri -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
