#1317: wish $edit_charset
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Reporter: Tony Leneis <t...@cvr.ds.adp.com> | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: charset | Version: 1.4i
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment(by Kurt Roeckx):
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 03:04:34PM -0000, Mutt wrote:
My terminal is set up to use to latin1 encoding. It supports
everything I need to be able to read/write. Not all the
applications I use support an UTF-8 encoding.
However, I want files that I edit to be in stored in UTF-8, so
I've configured vim to default to UTF-8. Vim will detect that
a file is not encoded in UTF-8 and try latin1 in that case.
If I reply to a mail, that uses more than just plain ASCII,
I actually never have a problem, mutt will give it to vim in
latin1, and vim will see that it's latin1 and keep it that way.
The problem is when it's either an empty file or one that's just
plain ASCII. It could be either UTF-8 or latin1, and vim will
default to UTF-8. So when I type something non-ASCII and save
it and go back to mutt, mutt will think it's a latin1 file,
while vim saved it as a UTF-8 file, and I end up mailing
something that claims a wrong encoding.
I've now configured vim to use a file encoding of latin1
for mails and my mails end up with a proper encoding now. Both
programs now think it's a latin1 file, so things work.
However, there are a few small problems with it, like for instance
the name of someone might not be something I can represent in
latin1, and I end up sending a reply with a slightly different
name. Note that I can properly write his name in vim even when
the encoding of my terminal can't represent it.
I'm guessing you either only use 1 encoding, UTF-8, or you really
change your locale settings and then end up being unable to
read/write files using an other encoding.
Kurt
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