Completely empties the file on open on Windows with "set encoding = utf8" on vimrc.

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This is a very weird issue I saw on Windows. Right click-> edit in vim, the 
file is open and emptied and saved emptied on its own. If I recopy it it 
non-empty it just empties it again on open.

I recently added "set encoding = utf8" in vimrc.

If I remove it, it doesn't empty it!

Also, if the NAME of the file is renamed to something non-unicode, it also 
doesn't empty it!

There must be a bug with that option and unicode file names.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 19 May 2015 at 1:54

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Ah, it must be also related to long paths!1 It does not happen on a very short 
directory, even with a unicode filename.

The bug in general appears related to long paths, potentially long unicode 
paths.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 May 2015 at 1:57

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I can confirm it happens even with latin characters, if I make the filename big 
enough.

I can understand a quirk with long paths/filenames, but completely deleting the 
data?

That's breaking.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 May 2015 at 2:04

[GoogleCodeExporter]

It appears by pasting the binary folder (64bit) from this website into the 
windows binary folder, took the issue away:

https://tuxproject.de/projects/vim/

I guess it might be fixed or other.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 May 2015 at 2:27

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Final thought, the windows version from the official site absolutely needs an 
update. 99% of people will use that. And that version is ancient.

Original comment by [email protected] on 19 May 2015 at 3:14