Is there a command you can enter into a Vim _gvimrc file to set default encoding and line endings?

Is there a command you can enter into a _gvimrc file to set default encoding and line endings?

I'm working on a Windows machine but i would like to create and edit files using UTF-8 encoding (no BOM) and standard Unix 开发者_Python百科line endings (\n).

Can i set Vim up to create files with these specs?

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Sure, put this to your gvimrc:

set encoding=utf-8
set fileformat=unix

You can use the :h[elp] command to get additional info, e.g. :h encoding

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After a while of reading and experimenting:

Set these in _gvimrc

set encoding=utf-8                      "Set default buffer encoding to UTF-8.
set fileencodings=utf-8,latin1          "Set the order of file encodings when reading and creating files.
set fileformats=unix,dos,mac            "Set the order of line endings when reading and creating files.

These should be used in the command line.

set fileencoding=utf-8                  "Change an opened file's encoding.
set fileformat=unix                     "Change an opened file's line endings.

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NOTE:
I realize that you specifically asked for a setting for your vimrc file but I thought I would offer this bit of advice anyway because I suspect that you may benefit from it (you may be using both *nix and Windows like me).

I do work on both *nix and Windows and I have found it a lot easier to use the modeline feature (see: :help modeline) in lieu of setting the file format in my RC file. This allows me to have something like: vim:ff=unix at the bottom of each file (This way, I do not have to worry about changing the line endings for a *nix makefile I happen to edit in/on Windows.

HTH

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Take a look at this question, that should cover all of your vim encoding bases.

Quote from linked answer, with your line ending preferences added in:

set fileformats=unix,dos,mac 
if has("multi_byte")
  if &termencoding == ""
    let &termencoding = &encoding
  endif
  set encoding=utf-8                     " better default than latin1
  setglobal fileencoding=utf-8           " change default file encoding when writing new files
endif