Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:22:07 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8-bit characters anyone? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503231219540.11985@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <20050322221622.GB821@gothmog.gr> References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503222102290.1391@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503222300390.17600@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20050322221622.GB821@gothmog.gr>
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-03-22 23:02, Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>>> In KDE, after having added my own xmodmap to the .xinitrc file, I >>>> though that they might appear. No such luck. Even after setting the >>>> keyboard layout on Control Panel/Regional/Keyboard Layout to Swedish >>>> do they not appear. [...] >>> >>> You have probably forgotten to set the locale related stuff correctly in >>> your environment. What does the following in one of your shells? >>> >>> % env | grep LANG >>> % env | grep LC_ >> >> Nothing at all. Though, I never did fiddle with locales before the >> upgrade either. In KDE I have configured the locale as Swedish, and the >> date, currency and those things look ok. > > This is probably what's causing you trouble. > > FWIW, using the XKB input extension here, I noticed that the X server > fails to get/output any 8-bit character until I correctly set my > environment in the login shell or my ``.xinitrc'' file. > > For instance, for Greek text input, I use: > > [-- .xinitrc file --] After adapting this to my locale, things look like they should in X. Now I'll just have to figure out how to get the console to work as I want as well. Things must have changed from my last install, when this wasn't necessary. Thanks for your help! /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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