Patch by Sergei Golovan (initially by Victor Wagner taken from
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1011498&group_id=32692&atid=406308)
fixes -encoding and -eofchar of files opened on VFS.

Probably, the patch is incomplete for mk4fs with ::mk4vfs::zstreamed set to 1.

--- a/library/ftpvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/ftpvfs.tcl
@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@
 	    ftp::Get $fd $name -variable tmp
 
 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
 	    fconfigure $filed -translation binary
 	    puts -nonewline $filed $tmp
 
-	    fconfigure $filed -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $filed 0
 	    return [list $filed]
 	}
--- a/library/httpvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/httpvfs.tcl
@@ -357,11 +357,14 @@
 	"r" {
 	    set token [geturl "$dirurl$urlname" -headers $headers]
 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
 	    fconfigure $filed -translation binary
 	    puts -nonewline $filed [::http::data $token]
 	    http::cleanup $token
 
-	    fconfigure $filed -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $filed 0
 	    # XXX: the close command should free vfs::memchan somehow??
 	    return [list $filed]
--- a/library/tclprocvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/tclprocvfs.tcl
@@ -84,9 +84,12 @@
 	"" -
 	"r" {
 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
 	    puts -nonewline $nfd [_generate ::${ns}::${name}]
-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $nfd 0
 	    return [list $nfd]
 	}
--- a/library/webdavvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/webdavvfs.tcl
@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@
 	    upvar #0 $token state
 
 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
             fconfigure $filed -encoding binary -translation binary
 	    puts -nonewline $filed [::http::data $token]
+	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $filed 0
 	    ::http::cleanup $token
 	    return [list $filed]
--- a/library/tkvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/tkvfs.tcl
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@
 	"" -
 	"r" {
 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
 	    puts -nonewline $nfd [_generate ${widg}.${name}]
-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $nfd 0
 	    return [list $nfd]
 	}
--- a/library/tarvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/tarvfs.tcl
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
 	    vfs::tar::_stat $tarfd $name sb
 
 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
+	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
 
 	    # get the starting point from structure
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@
 
 	    puts -nonewline $nfd $data
 
-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $nfd 0
 	    return [list $nfd]
 	}
--- a/library/zipvfs.tcl
+++ b/library/zipvfs.tcl
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 	    ::zip::stat $zipfd $name sb
 
 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
+	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
+	    set eofchar  [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
+	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
 
 	    seek $zipfd $sb(ino) start
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@
 
 	    puts -nonewline $nfd $data
 
-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
+	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 	    seek $nfd 0
 	    return [list $nfd]
 	}
--- a/library/mk4vfs.tcl
+++ b/library/mk4vfs.tcl
@@ -171,19 +171,25 @@
 		      set fd [vfs::zstream decompress $fd $sb(csize) $sb(size)]
 		    } else {
 		      set fd [vfs::memchan]
+		      set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
+		      set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
+		      set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
 		      fconfigure $fd -translation binary
 		      set s [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
 		      puts -nonewline $fd [vfs::zip -mode decompress $s]
 
-		      fconfigure $fd -translation auto
+		      fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 		      seek $fd 0
 		    }
 		} elseif { $::mk4vfs::direct } {
 		    set fd [vfs::memchan]
+		    set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
+		    set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
+		    set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
 		    fconfigure $fd -translation binary
 		    puts -nonewline $fd [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
 
-		    fconfigure $fd -translation auto
+		    fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 		    seek $fd 0
 		} else {
 		    set fd [mk::channel $sb(ino) contents r]
@@ -214,6 +220,9 @@
 		}
 
 		set fd [vfs::memchan]
+		set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
+		set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
+		set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
 		fconfigure $fd -translation binary
 		set s [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
 
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@
 		    puts -nonewline $fd $s
 		    #set fd [mk::channel $sb(ino) contents a]
 		}
-		fconfigure $fd -translation auto
+		fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
 		seek $fd 0 end
 		return [list $fd [list mk4vfs::do_close $db $fd $mode $sb(ino)]]
 	    }