if this patch is applied will that mean we can take the
au BufReadPost ada.txt setl nomodeline ft=help
out of our .vimrcs that tony had us add?
well -- i *think* it was tony...
sc
> Hello, Vimmers.
> I noticed that runtime/doc/ada.txt contains "encoding=latin1" in its
> modelines.
> It must change 'fileencoding' instead of 'encoding', because changing
> 'encoding'
> is troublesome for most users who don't use Vim with encoding=latin1.
> The following is a simple patch to fix the problem.
The current version of this file doesn't set 'encoding' at all. Should
work fine.
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$ vim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin
:set nocompatible
:set encoding=utf-8
:help ada.txt
:set encoding? "==> latin1
:qall
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Jun 13 2008 12:01:49)
Included patches: 1-314
Compiled by kana@colinux
Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
+cryptv -cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding
-footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession
+modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype
+path_extra -perl +postscript +printer -profile -python +quickfix +reltime -rightleft -ruby +scrollbind -signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop
+syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/apps/vim/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O3
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lncurses
The runtime files are not included in the source patches. You need to
download them separately to get the latest version. See
http://www.vim.org/runtime.php
Cheers,
Ben.
Here are the top and bottom lines from the latest
$VIMRUNTIME/doc/ada.txt (and I know it's the latest because I updated my
runtime files a few minutes ago):
*ada.txt* For Vim version 7.1. Last change: 2007 Sep 06
==============================================================================
vim: textwidth=78 nowrap tabstop=8 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 noexpandtab
vim: filetype=help
As you (Kata Natsuno) can see, it doesn't set 'encoding'.
Best regards,
Tony.
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