> Make sure your 'fileencodings' option (plural) starts with "ucs-bom".

> IIUC, even if 'fileencodings' doesn't work for quickfix error files,
> setting LC_MESSAGES should be enough (LANG is used as a default for any
> LC_<something> which is unset, or LC_ALL if present overrides any other
> LC_* even if present). Maybe even just using ":language messages en-US"
> or ":lang mess C" near the top of your vimrc could be enough.
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
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> 66. You create a homepage with the impression to cure the afflicted...but
>      your hidden agenda is to receive more e-mail.

Thanks for your answer.

fileencoding already had 'ucs-bom' in its start, so it didnt' help.
I also have :language messages C, so it didn't help either.
I didn't quite understand what you wrote about LC_ stuff, because I
lack even basic knowledge, but does it mean my solution with setting
LANG=en_US is fine?

Reading docs for VIM 7.2 (:help quickfix) I found the following
paragraph:
When 'encoding' differs from the locale, the error messages may
have a
different encoding from what Vim is using. To convert the
messages you can
use this code:
function QfMakeConv()
let qflist = getqflist()
for i in qflist
let i.text = iconv(i.text, "cp936", "utf-8")
endfor
call setqflist(qflist)
endfunction

au QuickfixCmdPost make call QfMakeConv()

I've tried putting this to .vimrc replacing "cp936" with ucs-bom, but
not sure if that was right. It didn't change anything.

I don't think this problem is worth of Bram's attention since it's not
really wide-spread and the workaround is available.
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