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diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 73dbca9c7a..13e01a8e3f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -2217,13 +2217,10 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. viminfo file, etc. It sets the kind of characters which Vim can work with. See |encoding-names| for the possible values. - This option cannot be changed after startup. - Otherwise it would cause non-ASCII text inside Vim to become - invalid. It should normally be kept at its default value, or be set - in vimrc. See |multibyte|. - - The recommended 'encoding' is "utf-8". Remote plugins and GUI:s - only support utf-8. + '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'. This is specified with 'fileencoding'. The conversion is done with @@ -2234,8 +2231,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. if has("multi_byte_encoding") < Normally 'encoding' will be equal to your current locale. This will - be the default if Vim recognizes your environment settings. - "utf-8" is used when the locale encoding could not be detected. + be the default if Vim recognizes your environment settings, otherwise + "utf-8" is used. When you set this option, it fires the |EncodingChanged| autocommand event so that you can set up fonts if necessary. |