Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:35 +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.4.62.0503222319380.17600@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: >>> 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: [snip] Thanks! I'll try to set some locale settings in my .xinitrc and see if that solves anything. I don't use xorg, since I have been using XFree86 since the early 1990-ies and don't want to learn it all over again. Maybe that's what troubling my setup. Now I'll just wait for another long compile, and then shut down X and try this out. /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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