1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua b/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
index 997776ca25..6d402b7974 100644
--- a/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ describe('&encoding', function()
     eq(3, eval('strwidth("Bär")'))
   end)
 
-  it('is not changed by `set all&`', function()
-    -- we need to set &encoding to something non-default
-    -- use 'latin1' when enc&vi is 'utf-8', 'utf-8' otherwise
-    execute('set fenc=default')
-    local enc_default, enc_other, width = eval('&fenc'), 'utf-8', 3
-    if enc_default == 'utf-8' then
-      enc_other = 'latin1'
-      width = 4 -- utf-8 string 'Bär' will count as 4 latin1 chars
-    end
+  it('can be changed before startup', function()
+    clear('set enc=latin1')
+    execute('set encoding=utf-8')
+    -- error message expected
+    feed('<cr>')
+    eq('latin1', eval('&encoding'))
+    eq(4, eval('strwidth("Bär")'))
+  end)
 
-    clear('set enc=' .. enc_other)
+  it('is not changed by `set all&`', function()
+    -- we need to set &encoding to something non-default. Use 'latin1'
+    clear('set enc=latin1')
     execute('set all&')
-    eq(enc_other, eval('&encoding'))
-    eq(width, eval('strwidth("Bär")'))
+    eq('latin1', eval('&encoding'))
+    eq(4, eval('strwidth("Bär")'))
   end)
 
 end)