Re: Can you edit EBCDIC files on non-OS390 builds of VIM?

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016, Justin Dearing wrote:
> I'd like to edit EBCDIC encoded files in VIM on windows vim --version shows this:
>
> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Sep 16 2015 08:44:57)
> Included patches: 1-872
> Compiled by <alexpux@gmail.com>
> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
> <snip/>
> -ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xim
> <snip/>
>
> I cloned the git repo and configure --enable-ebcdic was not an option.
> Looking at src/auto/configure, it looks like ebcdic support is enabled
> if ASCII support is not present. Is there an option to turn it on?

Sorry, I don't know the answer to that, but I find it interesting to see
this question, just a few days after reading a page laying out the case
for NeoVim -- although I can't find the exact page now, I believe it
gave EBCDIC support as an example of something that no one would ever
use Vim for!

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