Is it possible to automatically set UTF16 file encoding when opening a file of that type?

Question

I edit all kinds of files with Vim (as I\'m sure most Vim users do). One bug bear I have is what Vim does when I come across a file with an odd encoding. Most editors (the

Answer 1

Adding the encoding name to 'fileencodings' should do the trick:

:set fencs=ucs-bom,utf-16le,utf-8,default,latin1

Alternatively, there are plugins like AutoFenc and fencview.