[SOLVED] Set encoding on new window without saving

[tmb]

I have a shortcut to quickly open a new window (new-file) without doing any settings. When pasting text into the window from Visual Studio some unicode characters gets whacked. I guess the window defaults to automatic encoding and it fails to detect the unicode paste correctly.

Is there a way to set the encoding on a window before associating it to a file type, ie essentially what i want is a shortcut that would emulate File->New..., selecting Plain Text and Encoding: UTF-8.

[chrisant]

The "Encoding" topic in the Help has a lot of related info, maybe that can help.
The help for "e" has a bunch of related info as well.

What does your shortcut do?
Maybe this is what you're looking for?

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   e("+FUTF8");


[tmb]

Thanks for the tip on e.

Ctrl-t just runs 'new-file' command. Nothing else. Look like i might have to write a macro then so i can open the new window and then set the encoding on it.

[tmb]

I solved it: Recorded a macro doing new->select plain text->utf8 encoding. Saved it and bound it to ctrl-t. Just tested it and it works.