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Date:      Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:52:01 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Set the default locale to en_US.UTF-8
Message-ID:  <F9220621-9248-46B6-9774-F53BE3EE6A35@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150124143357.GI81001@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <20150124143357.GI81001@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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> On Jan 24, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> After a bit of hacking on libedit it is now able to handle unicode =
inputs in a
> better way. At least good enough for /bin/sh to work normally in =
unicode
> environements.
>=20
> Given that vt handles properly unicode inputs. I would like to propose =
that now
> we set the defaults locales on HEAD to en_US.UTF-8.
>=20
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1467

Do recent vintage Terms and its decedents handle UTF-8? If so, then =
that=E2=80=99s likely
a reasonable default change.

Then again, I speak English, and the change does now explicitly specify =
a language
which before defaulted to English.

Warner




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