.vimrc: Setting default locale to utf-8

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 6b938b5..086cdf2 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ set hidden
 "turn on syntax highlighting
 syntax on
 
+"set utf-8 as default encoding
+set encoding=utf-8
+
 " Change leader to a comma because the backslash is too far away
 " That means all \x commands turn into ,x
 " The mapleader has to be set before vundle starts loading all