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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d602687cd..2ed56132a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-12-18 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> + + * 22095: INSTALL, Etc/FAQ.yo: more multibyte notes. + 2005-12-17 Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net> * 22091: Src/hist.c: improved HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY to have it (1) diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index 4d098e840..7463b085a 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -2071,7 +2071,25 @@ sect(How do I ensure multibyte input works on my system?) it() The terminal emulator. Those that are supplied with a recent desktop environment, such as gnome-terminal, are likely to have extensive support for localization and may work correctly as soon - as they know the locale. + as they know the locale. You can enable UTF-8 support for + tt(xterm) in its application defaults file. The following are + the relevant resources; you donʼt actually need all of them, as + described below. If you use a mytt(~/.Xdefaults) or + mytt(~/.Xresources) file for setting resources, prefix all the lines + with mytt(xterm): + verb( + *wideChars: true + *locale: true + *utf8: 1 + *vt100Graphics: true + ) + This turns on support for wide characters (this is enabled by the + tt(utf8) resource, too); enables conversions to UTF-8 from other + locales (this is the key resource and actually overrides + mytt(utf8)); turns on UTF-8 mode (this resource is mostly used to + force use of UTF-8 characters if your locale system isnʼt up to it); + and allows certain graphic characters to work even with UTF-8 + enabled. (Thanks to Phil Pennock for suggestions.) it() The font. If you selected this from a menu in your terminal emulator, there's a good chance it already selected the right character set to go with it. If you hand-picked an old fashioned diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index a7635e12e..cb6f79627 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -276,12 +276,14 @@ be appreciated. The developers are not aware of any need to use multibyte mode is believed to work automatically on: - All(?) current GNU/Linux distributions - - All(?) current BSD variants - - OS X 10.4.3 and to work when configured with --enable-multibyte on: - - Solaris 8 and later + - OS X 10.4.3 (problems have been reported with multibyte characters + in HFS file names) + - NetBSD 2.0.2 + +Any help with Solaris 8 or 9 would be appreciated. The main shell is not yet aware of multibyte characters, so for example the length of a scalar parameter will return the number of bytes, not |