Re: [Vim] UTF-8

I'm using Vim6.4 for Windows. I want to be able to read and write
Unicode files (UTF-8). However, if I'm creating a new file, then I
want it to default to standard ascii.

Do you really mean UTF-8, or do you mean UTF-16? The fact that you
mentioned Windows and Notepad makes me wonder, because the two-byte
Unicode files that Windows handles are actually UTF-16.

Either. It's not really the type of unicode that my question is about.
I want it to be able to read/write whatever type of format that the
file happens to already be in, whether this is ascii, utf-8, utf-16,
etc.(basically autodetecting like notepad does). Then when I save that
particular file, for vim to honour the original file format and not
change it. However, if I create a new file in vim, then I want this to
default to ascii.

Is this possible to set up?

Thank again,
Dan.
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