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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt66
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/mbyte.txt88
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/options.txt113
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt4
4 files changed, 87 insertions, 184 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 3ce0d1cd87..5c704837d6 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1029,8 +1029,8 @@ A string constant accepts these special characters:
\x. byte specified with one hex number (must be followed by non-hex char)
\X.. same as \x..
\X. same as \x.
-\u.... character specified with up to 4 hex numbers, stored according to the
- current value of 'encoding' (e.g., "\u02a4")
+\u.... character specified with up to 4 hex numbers, stored as UTF-8
+ (e.g., "\u02a4")
\U.... same as \u but allows up to 8 hex numbers.
\b backspace <BS>
\e escape <Esc>
@@ -1045,8 +1045,7 @@ A string constant accepts these special characters:
utf-8 character, use \uxxxx as mentioned above.
Note that "\xff" is stored as the byte 255, which may be invalid in some
-encodings. Use "\u00ff" to store character 255 according to the current value
-of 'encoding'.
+encodings. Use "\u00ff" to store character 255 correctly as UTF-8.
Note that "\000" and "\x00" force the end of the string.
@@ -2532,8 +2531,6 @@ byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) *byteidxcomp()*
< The first and third echo result in 3 ('e' plus composing
character is 3 bytes), the second echo results in 1 ('e' is
one byte).
- Only works different from byteidx() when 'encoding' is set to
- a Unicode encoding.
call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) *call()* *E699*
Call function {func} with the items in |List| {arglist} as
@@ -2568,11 +2565,11 @@ char2nr({expr}[, {utf8}]) *char2nr()*
Return number value of the first char in {expr}. Examples: >
char2nr(" ") returns 32
char2nr("ABC") returns 65
-< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
- Example for "utf-8": >
char2nr("á") returns 225
char2nr("á"[0]) returns 195
-< With {utf8} set to 1, always treat as utf-8 characters.
+< Non-ASCII characters are always treated as UTF-8 characters.
+ {utf8} has no effect, and exists only for
+ backwards-compatibility.
A combining character is a separate character.
|nr2char()| does the opposite.
@@ -4225,11 +4222,7 @@ iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) *iconv()*
Most conversions require Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv|
feature. Otherwise only UTF-8 to latin1 conversion and back
can be done.
- This can be used to display messages with special characters,
- no matter what 'encoding' is set to. Write the message in
- UTF-8 and use: >
- echo iconv(utf8_str, "utf-8", &enc)
-< Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion
+ Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion
from/to UCS-2 is automatically changed to use UTF-8. You
cannot use UCS-2 in a string anyway, because of the NUL bytes.
{only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte| feature}
@@ -4513,9 +4506,7 @@ join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()*
json_decode({expr}) *json_decode()*
Convert {expr} from JSON object. Accepts |readfile()|-style
list as the input, as well as regular string. May output any
- Vim value. When 'encoding' is not UTF-8 string is converted
- from UTF-8 to 'encoding', failing conversion fails
- json_decode(). In the following cases it will output
+ Vim value. In the following cases it will output
|msgpack-special-dict|:
1. Dictionary contains duplicate key.
2. Dictionary contains empty key.
@@ -4523,33 +4514,22 @@ json_decode({expr}) *json_decode()*
dictionary and for string will be emitted in case string
with NUL byte was a dictionary key.
- Note: function treats its input as UTF-8 always regardless of
- 'encoding' value. This is needed because JSON source is
- supposed to be external (e.g. |readfile()|) and JSON standard
- allows only a few encodings, of which UTF-8 is recommended and
- the only one required to be supported. Non-UTF-8 characters
- are an error.
+ Note: function treats its input as UTF-8 always. The JSON
+ standard allows only a few encodings, of which UTF-8 is
+ recommended and the only one required to be supported.
+ Non-UTF-8 characters are an error.
json_encode({expr}) *json_encode()*
Convert {expr} into a JSON string. Accepts
- |msgpack-special-dict| as the input. Converts from 'encoding'
- to UTF-8 when encoding strings. Will not convert |Funcref|s,
+ |msgpack-special-dict| as the input. Will not convert |Funcref|s,
mappings with non-string keys (can be created as
|msgpack-special-dict|), values with self-referencing
containers, strings which contain non-UTF-8 characters,
pseudo-UTF-8 strings which contain codepoints reserved for
surrogate pairs (such strings are not valid UTF-8 strings).
- When converting 'encoding' is taken into account, if it is not
- "utf-8", then conversion is performed before encoding strings.
Non-printable characters are converted into "\u1234" escapes
or special escapes like "\t", other are dumped as-is.
- Note: all characters above U+0079 are considered non-printable
- when 'encoding' is not UTF-8. This function always outputs
- UTF-8 strings as required by the standard thus when 'encoding'
- is not unicode resulting string will look incorrect if
- "\u1234" notation is not used.
-
keys({dict}) *keys()*
Return a |List| with all the keys of {dict}. The |List| is in
arbitrary order.
@@ -4651,9 +4631,9 @@ line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()*
Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line
{lnum}. This includes the end-of-line character, depending on
the 'fileformat' option for the current buffer. The first
- line returns 1. 'encoding' matters, 'fileencoding' is ignored.
- This can also be used to get the byte count for the line just
- below the last line: >
+ line returns 1. UTF-8 encoding is used, 'fileencoding' is
+ ignored. This can also be used to get the byte count for the
+ line just below the last line: >
line2byte(line("$") + 1)
< This is the buffer size plus one. If 'fileencoding' is empty
it is the file size plus one.
@@ -5172,10 +5152,10 @@ nr2char({expr}[, {utf8}]) *nr2char()*
value {expr}. Examples: >
nr2char(64) returns "@"
nr2char(32) returns " "
-< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
- Example for "utf-8": >
+< Example for "utf-8": >
nr2char(300) returns I with bow character
-< With {utf8} set to 1, always return utf-8 characters.
+< UTF-8 encoding is always used, {utf8} option has no effect,
+ and exists only for backwards-compatibility.
Note that a NUL character in the file is specified with
nr2char(10), because NULs are represented with newline
characters. nr2char(0) is a real NUL and terminates the
@@ -5417,7 +5397,7 @@ py3eval({expr}) *py3eval()*
converted to Vim data structures.
Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
copied though, Unicode strings are additionally converted to
- 'encoding').
+ UTF-8).
Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with
keys converted to strings.
@@ -5467,8 +5447,7 @@ readfile({fname} [, {binary} [, {max}]])
Otherwise:
- CR characters that appear before a NL are removed.
- Whether the last line ends in a NL or not does not matter.
- - When 'encoding' is Unicode any UTF-8 byte order mark is
- removed from the text.
+ - Any UTF-8 byte order mark is removed from the text.
When {max} is given this specifies the maximum number of lines
to be read. Useful if you only want to check the first ten
lines of a file: >
@@ -6621,8 +6600,7 @@ string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number,
for infinite and NaN floating-point values representations
which use |str2float()|. Strings are also dumped literally,
only single quote is escaped, which does not allow using YAML
- for parsing back binary strings (including text when
- 'encoding' is not UTF-8). |eval()| should always work for
+ for parsing back binary strings. |eval()| should always work for
strings and floats though and this is the only official
method, use |msgpackdump()| or |json_encode()| if you need to
share data with other application.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt b/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt
index c87ed317d4..3bdb682a31 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt
@@ -70,29 +70,24 @@ See |mbyte-locale| for details.
ENCODING
-If your locale works properly, Vim will try to set the 'encoding' option
-accordingly. If this doesn't work you can overrule its value: >
+Nvim always uses UTF-8 internally. Thus 'encoding' option is always set
+to "utf-8" and cannot be changed.
- :set encoding=utf-8
+All the text that is used inside Vim will be in UTF-8. Not only the text in
+the buffers, but also in registers, variables, etc.
-See |encoding-values| for a list of acceptable values.
-
-The result is that all the text that is used inside Vim will be in this
-encoding. Not only the text in the buffers, but also in registers, variables,
-etc. 'encoding' is read-only after startup because changing it would make the
-existing text invalid.
-
-You can edit files in another encoding than what 'encoding' is set to. Vim
+You can edit files in different encodings than UTF-8. Nvim
will convert the file when you read it and convert it back when you write it.
See 'fileencoding', 'fileencodings' and |++enc|.
DISPLAY AND FONTS
-If you are working in a terminal (emulator) you must make sure it accepts the
-same encoding as which Vim is working with.
+If you are working in a terminal (emulator) you must make sure it accepts
+UTF-8, the encoding which Vim is working with. Otherwise only ASCII can
+be displayed and edited correctly.
-For the GUI you must select fonts that work with the current 'encoding'. This
+For the GUI you must select fonts that work with UTF-8. This
is the difficult part. It depends on the system you are using, the locale and
a few other things. See the chapters on fonts: |mbyte-fonts-X11| for
X-Windows and |mbyte-fonts-MSwin| for MS-Windows.
@@ -216,10 +211,9 @@ You could make a small shell script for this.
==============================================================================
3. Encoding *mbyte-encoding*
-Vim uses the 'encoding' option to specify how characters are identified and
-encoded when they are used inside Vim. This applies to all the places where
-text is used, including buffers (files loaded into memory), registers and
-variables.
+In Nvim UTF-8 is always used internally to encode characters.
+ This applies to all the places where text is used, including buffers (files
+ loaded into memory), registers and variables.
*charset* *codeset*
Charset is another name for encoding. There are subtle differences, but these
@@ -240,7 +234,7 @@ matter what language is used. Thus you might see the right text even when the
encoding was set wrong.
*encoding-names*
-Vim can use many different character encodings. There are three major groups:
+Vim can edit files in different character encodings. There are three major groups:
1 8bit Single-byte encodings, 256 different characters. Mostly used
in USA and Europe. Example: ISO-8859-1 (Latin1). All
@@ -255,11 +249,10 @@ u Unicode Universal encoding, can replace all others. ISO 10646.
Millions of different characters. Example: UTF-8. The
relation between bytes and screen cells is complex.
-Other encodings cannot be used by Vim internally. But files in other
+Only UTF-8 is used by Vim internally. But files in other
encodings can be edited by using conversion, see 'fileencoding'.
-Note that all encodings must use ASCII for the characters up to 128.
-Supported 'encoding' values are: *encoding-values*
+Recognized 'fileencoding' values include: *encoding-values*
1 latin1 8-bit characters (ISO 8859-1, also used for cp1252)
1 iso-8859-n ISO_8859 variant (n = 2 to 15)
1 koi8-r Russian
@@ -311,11 +304,11 @@ u ucs-4 32 bit UCS-4 encoded Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646-1)
u ucs-4le like ucs-4, little endian
The {name} can be any encoding name that your system supports. It is passed
-to iconv() to convert between the encoding of the file and the current locale.
+to iconv() to convert between UTF-8 and the encoding of the file.
For MS-Windows "cp{number}" means using codepage {number}.
Examples: >
- :set encoding=8bit-cp1252
- :set encoding=2byte-cp932
+ :set fileencoding=8bit-cp1252
+ :set fileencoding=2byte-cp932
The MS-Windows codepage 1252 is very similar to latin1. For practical reasons
the same encoding is used and it's called latin1. 'isprint' can be used to
@@ -337,8 +330,7 @@ u ucs-2be same as ucs-2 (big endian)
u ucs-4be same as ucs-4 (big endian)
u utf-32 same as ucs-4
u utf-32le same as ucs-4le
- default stands for the default value of 'encoding', depends on the
- environment
+ default the encoding of the current locale.
For the UCS codes the byte order matters. This is tricky, use UTF-8 whenever
you can. The default is to use big-endian (most significant byte comes
@@ -363,13 +355,12 @@ or when conversion is not possible:
CONVERSION *charset-conversion*
Vim will automatically convert from one to another encoding in several places:
-- When reading a file and 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding'
-- When writing a file and 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding'
+- When reading a file and 'fileencoding' is different from "utf-8"
+- When writing a file and 'fileencoding' is different from "utf-8"
- When displaying messages and the encoding used for LC_MESSAGES differs from
- 'encoding' (requires a gettext version that supports this).
+ "utf-8" (requires a gettext version that supports this).
- When reading a Vim script where |:scriptencoding| is different from
- 'encoding'.
-- When reading or writing a |shada| file.
+ "utf-8".
Most of these require the |+iconv| feature. Conversion for reading and
writing files may also be specified with the 'charconvert' option.
@@ -408,11 +399,11 @@ Useful utilities for converting the charset:
*mbyte-conversion*
-When reading and writing files in an encoding different from 'encoding',
+When reading and writing files in an encoding different from "utf-8",
conversion needs to be done. These conversions are supported:
- All conversions between Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1), UTF-8, UCS-2 and UCS-4 are
handled internally.
-- For MS-Windows, when 'encoding' is a Unicode encoding, conversion from and
+- For MS-Windows, conversion from and
to any codepage should work.
- Conversion specified with 'charconvert'
- Conversion with the iconv library, if it is available.
@@ -468,8 +459,6 @@ and you will have a working UTF-8 terminal emulator. Try both >
with the demo text that comes with ucs-fonts.tar.gz in order to see
whether there are any problems with UTF-8 in your xterm.
-For Vim you may need to set 'encoding' to "utf-8".
-
==============================================================================
5. Fonts on X11 *mbyte-fonts-X11*
@@ -864,11 +853,11 @@ between two keyboard settings.
The value of the 'keymap' option specifies a keymap file to use. The name of
this file is one of these two:
- keymap/{keymap}_{encoding}.vim
+ keymap/{keymap}_utf-8.vim
keymap/{keymap}.vim
-Here {keymap} is the value of the 'keymap' option and {encoding} of the
-'encoding' option. The file name with the {encoding} included is tried first.
+Here {keymap} is the value of the 'keymap' option.
+The file name with "utf-8" included is tried first.
'runtimepath' is used to find these files. To see an overview of all
available keymap files, use this: >
@@ -950,7 +939,7 @@ this is unusual. But you can use various ways to specify the character: >
A <char-0141> octal value
x <Space> special key name
-The characters are assumed to be encoded for the current value of 'encoding'.
+The characters are assumed to be encoded in UTF-8.
It's possible to use ":scriptencoding" when all characters are given
literally. That doesn't work when using the <char-> construct, because the
conversion is done on the keymap file, not on the resulting character.
@@ -1170,21 +1159,13 @@ Useful commands:
message is truncated, use ":messages").
- "g8" shows the bytes used in a UTF-8 character, also the composing
characters, as hex numbers.
-- ":set encoding=utf-8 fileencodings=" forces using UTF-8 for all files. The
- default is to use the current locale for 'encoding' and set 'fileencodings'
- to automatically detect the encoding of a file.
+- ":set fileencodings=" forces using UTF-8 for all files. The
+ default is to automatically detect the encoding of a file.
STARTING VIM
-If your current locale is in an utf-8 encoding, Vim will automatically start
-in utf-8 mode.
-
-If you are using another locale: >
-
- set encoding=utf-8
-
-You might also want to select the font used for the menus. Unfortunately this
+You might want to select the font used for the menus. Unfortunately this
doesn't always work. See the system specific remarks below, and 'langmenu'.
@@ -1245,10 +1226,9 @@ not everybody is able to type a composing character.
These options are relevant for editing multi-byte files. Check the help in
options.txt for detailed information.
-'encoding' Encoding used for the keyboard and display. It is also the
- default encoding for files.
+'encoding' Internal text encoding, always "utf-8".
-'fileencoding' Encoding of a file. When it's different from 'encoding'
+'fileencoding' Encoding of a file. When it's different from "utf-8"
conversion is done when reading or writing the file.
'fileencodings' List of possible encodings of a file. When opening a file
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 5a5999e64c..bcd9c08c26 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ achieve special effects. These options come in three forms:
:se[t] all& Set all options to their default value. The values of
these options are not changed:
'columns'
- 'encoding'
'lines'
Warning: This may have a lot of side effects.
@@ -615,7 +614,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
global
{only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
feature}
- Only effective when 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding.
Tells Vim what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class
Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
letters, Cyrillic letters).
@@ -668,7 +666,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
- Set the 'keymap' option to "arabic"; in Insert mode CTRL-^ toggles
between typing English and Arabic key mapping.
- Set the 'delcombine' option
- Note that 'encoding' must be "utf-8" for working with Arabic text.
Resetting this option will:
- Reset the 'rightleft' option.
@@ -1078,8 +1075,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
{not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
feature}
This option lets you choose which characters might cause a line
- break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII and also for 8-bit
- characters when 'encoding' is an 8-bit encoding.
+ break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII characters.
*'breakindent'* *'bri'*
'breakindent' 'bri' boolean (default off)
@@ -1214,11 +1210,9 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
Specifies details about changing the case of letters. It may contain
these words, separated by a comma:
internal Use internal case mapping functions, the current
- locale does not change the case mapping. This only
- matters when 'encoding' is a Unicode encoding,
- "latin1" or "iso-8859-15". When "internal" is
- omitted, the towupper() and towlower() system library
- functions are used when available.
+ locale does not change the case mapping. When
+ "internal" is omitted, the towupper() and towlower()
+ system library functions are used when available.
keepascii For the ASCII characters (0x00 to 0x7f) use the US
case mapping, the current locale is not effective.
This probably only matters for Turkish.
@@ -1271,13 +1265,12 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
file to convert from. You will have to save the text in a file first.
The expression must return zero or an empty string for success,
non-zero for failure.
- The possible encoding names encountered are in 'encoding'.
+ See |encoding-names| for possible encoding names.
Additionally, names given in 'fileencodings' and 'fileencoding' are
used.
Conversion between "latin1", "unicode", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" and "utf-8"
is done internally by Vim, 'charconvert' is not used for this.
- 'charconvert' is also used to convert the shada file, if 'encoding' is
- not "utf-8". Also used for Unicode conversion.
+ Also used for Unicode conversion.
Example: >
set charconvert=CharConvert()
fun CharConvert()
@@ -1292,8 +1285,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
v:fname_in name of the input file
v:fname_out name of the output file
Note that v:fname_in and v:fname_out will never be the same.
- Note that v:charconvert_from and v:charconvert_to may be different
- from 'encoding'. Vim internally uses UTF-8 instead of UCS-2 or UCS-4.
This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
security reasons.
@@ -2140,44 +2131,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
*'encoding'* *'enc'* *E543*
-'encoding' 'enc' string (default: "utf-8")
- global
- {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
- feature}
- Sets the character encoding used inside Vim. It applies to text in
- the buffers, registers, Strings in expressions, text stored in the
- shada file, etc. It sets the kind of characters which Vim can work
- with. See |encoding-names| for the possible values.
+'encoding' 'enc' Removed. |vim-differences| {Nvim}
+ Nvim always uses UTF-8 internally. RPC communication
+ (remote plugins/GUIs) must use UTF-8 strings.
- 'encoding' cannot be changed after startup, because (1) it causes
- non-ASCII text inside Vim to become invalid, and (2) it complicates
- runtime logic. The recommended 'encoding' is "utf-8". Remote plugins
- and GUIs only support utf-8. See |multibyte|.
-
- The character encoding of files can be different from 'encoding'.
+ The character encoding of files can be different than UTF-8.
This is specified with 'fileencoding'. The conversion is done with
iconv() or as specified with 'charconvert'.
- If you need to know whether 'encoding' is a multi-byte encoding, you
- can use: >
- if has("multi_byte_encoding")
-<
- When you set this option, it fires the |EncodingChanged| autocommand
- event so that you can set up fonts if necessary.
-
- When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
- you can set it with uppercase values too. Underscores are translated
- to '-' signs.
- When the encoding is recognized, it is changed to the standard name.
- For example "Latin-1" becomes "latin1", "ISO_88592" becomes
- "iso-8859-2" and "utf8" becomes "utf-8".
-
- When "unicode", "ucs-2" or "ucs-4" is used, Vim internally uses utf-8.
- You don't notice this while editing, but it does matter for the
- |shada-file|. And Vim expects the terminal to use utf-8 too. Thus
- setting 'encoding' to one of these values instead of utf-8 only has
- effect for encoding used for files when 'fileencoding' is empty.
-
*'endofline'* *'eol'* *'noendofline'* *'noeol'*
'endofline' 'eol' boolean (default on)
local to buffer
@@ -2304,20 +2265,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
feature}
Sets the character encoding for the file of this buffer.
- When 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding', conversion will be
+ When 'fileencoding' is different from "utf-8", conversion will be
done when writing the file. For reading see below.
- When 'fileencoding' is empty, the same value as 'encoding' will be
- used (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
- Conversion will also be done when 'encoding' and 'fileencoding' are
- both a Unicode encoding and 'fileencoding' is not utf-8. That's
- because internally Unicode is always stored as utf-8.
- WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
- 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding, conversion
- is most likely done in a way that the reverse conversion
- results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not "utf-8" some
- characters may be lost!
-
- See 'encoding' for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
+ When 'fileencoding' is empty, the file will be saved with utf-8
+ encoding. (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
+ WARNING: Conversion to a non-Unicode encoding can cause loss of
+ information!
+
+ See |encoding-names| for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
specified that can be handled by the converter, see
|mbyte-conversion|.
@@ -2330,8 +2285,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
Prepending "8bit-" and "2byte-" has no meaning here, they are ignored.
When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
you can set it with uppercase values too. '_' characters are
- replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list for
- 'encoding', it is replaced by the standard name. For example
+ replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list at
+ |encoding-names|, it is replaced by the standard name. For example
"ISO8859-2" becomes "iso-8859-2".
When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
@@ -2354,12 +2309,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
mentioned character encoding. If an error is detected, the next one
in the list is tried. When an encoding is found that works,
'fileencoding' is set to it. If all fail, 'fileencoding' is set to
- an empty string, which means the value of 'encoding' is used.
- WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
- 'encoding' is "utf-8" (or one of the other Unicode variants)
- conversion is most likely done in a way that the reverse
- conversion results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not
- "utf-8" some non-ASCII characters may be lost! You can use
+ an empty string, which means that UTF-8 is used.
+ WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! You can use
the |++bad| argument to specify what is done with characters
that can't be converted.
For an empty file or a file with only ASCII characters most encodings
@@ -2385,11 +2336,11 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
because Vim cannot detect an error, thus the encoding is always
accepted.
The special value "default" can be used for the encoding from the
- environment. It is useful when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and
- your environment uses a non-latin1 encoding, such as Russian.
- When 'encoding' is "utf-8" and a file contains an illegal byte
- sequence it won't be recognized as UTF-8. You can use the |8g8|
- command to find the illegal byte sequence.
+ environment. It is useful when your environment uses a non-latin1
+ encoding, such as Russian.
+ When a file contains an illegal UTF-8 byte sequence it won't be
+ recognized as "utf-8". You can use the |8g8| command to find the
+ illegal byte sequence.
WRONG VALUES: WHAT'S WRONG:
latin1,utf-8 "latin1" will always be used
utf-8,ucs-bom,latin1 BOM won't be recognized in an utf-8
@@ -3048,8 +2999,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
Note: The size of these fonts must be exactly twice as wide as the one
specified with 'guifont' and the same height.
- 'guifontwide' is only used when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and
- 'guifontset' is empty or invalid.
+ 'guifontwide' is only used when 'guifontset' is empty or invalid.
When 'guifont' is set and a valid font is found in it and
'guifontwide' is empty Vim will attempt to find a matching
double-width font and set 'guifontwide' to it.
@@ -3702,7 +3652,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
128 - 159 "~@" - "~_"
160 - 254 "| " - "|~"
255 "~?"
- When 'encoding' is a Unicode one, illegal bytes from 128 to 255 are
+ Illegal bytes from 128 to 255 (invalid UTF-8) are
displayed as <xx>, with the hexadecimal value of the byte.
When 'display' contains "uhex" all unprintable characters are
displayed as <xx>.
@@ -3980,8 +3930,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
omitted.
The characters ':' and ',' should not be used. UTF-8 characters can
- be used when 'encoding' is "utf-8", otherwise only printable
- characters are allowed. All characters must be single width.
+ be used. All characters must be single width.
Examples: >
:set lcs=tab:>-,trail:-
@@ -4078,7 +4027,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
{only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
feature}
The maximum number of combining characters supported for displaying.
- Only used when 'encoding' is "utf-8".
The default is OK for most languages. Hebrew may require 4.
Maximum value is 6.
Even when this option is set to 2 you can still edit text with more
@@ -5825,9 +5773,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
(_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
This is mainly for testing purposes. You must make sure the correct
encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
- When 'encoding' is set the word lists are reloaded. Thus it's a good
- idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding' to avoid loading the
- files twice.
How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
If the |spellfile.vim| plugin is active and you use a language name
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
index c8919dbe24..590994b7aa 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ these differences.
- 'complete' doesn't include "i"
- 'directory' defaults to ~/.local/share/nvim/swap// (|xdg|), auto-created
- 'display' defaults to "lastline"
-- 'encoding' defaults to "utf-8"
- 'formatoptions' defaults to "tcqj"
- 'history' defaults to 10000 (the maximum)
- 'hlsearch' is set by default
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ are always available and may be used simultaneously in separate plugins. The
'p')) mkdir() will silently exit. In Vim this was an error.
3. mkdir() error messages now include strerror() text when mkdir fails.
-'encoding' cannot be changed after startup.
+'encoding' is always "utf-8".
|string()| and |:echo| behaviour changed:
1. No maximum recursion depth limit is applied to nested container
@@ -266,6 +265,7 @@ Highlight groups:
Other options:
'antialias'
'cpoptions' ("g", "w", "H", "*", "-", "j", and all POSIX flags were removed)
+ 'encoding' ("utf-8" is always used)
'guioptions' "t" flag was removed
*'guipty'* (Nvim uses pipes and PTYs consistently on all platforms.)
*'imactivatefunc'* *'imaf'*