Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:26:38 +0100 From: Michal Astron <jedi@blue.dream.vg> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/46453: [INTERLATIONALIZATION] cons25l2, ISO8859-2 and console applications problem Message-ID: <E18Ptx0-000PZc-00@NetBSD.ORG>
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>Number: 46453 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: [INTERLATIONALIZATION] cons25l2, ISO8859-2 and console applications problem >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 21 16:30:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michal Astron >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 i386 >Organization: Renacimiento SHadows Union >Environment: System: FreeBSD bell-flower 4.7-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 #4: Sat Dec 7 18:50:06 CET 2002 root@bell-flower:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ANGELIX2 i386 From /etc/login.conf default:\ :passwd_format=md5:\ :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ :welcome=/etc/motd:\ :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\ pl|Consoles for Polish users:\ :charset=MIME_ISO-8859-2:\ :lang=pl_PL.ISO8859-2:\ :tc=default: --- From /etc/ttys ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25l2 on insecure ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25l2 on insecure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25l2 on insecure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25l2 on insecure --- >Description: Most applications written with ncurses, slang, or other, cannot handle extended ASCII characters the proper way. It concerns especially semigraphical characters, and for this reason drawing tables or boxes by those applications is unpleasant and introduces chaos to console. This is output from Midnight Commander left window in internationalized console: Lewy Plik Polecenie Opcje Prawy l<q~qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqv>kl< x Nazwa xRozmiarx CzasM xx x/.. x 512x13 Gru 22:09xx x/.cedit x 512x21 Kwi 2002xx As you see instead of semigraphic tables there are x-es and other strange signs. >How-To-Repeat: Try to make login class as shown above (/etc/login.conf). Add a user to this class (pw usermod username -L pl), change virtual terms to cons25l2, in /etc/ttys. Log in as this user, and try to run midc. >Fix: Don't know.. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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