On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:49:32AM +0800, Rong-en Fan wrote: > On 4/10/07, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The only thing I've found, though, is that dialog(1) does not appear to > >properly handle UTF-8 encoding. Line drawing characters show up as > >gibberish (alphanumeric characters). I realise dialog isn't part of > >ncurses, but it does rely on it. We should consider updating dialog to > >match this change. > > You mean it display sometihng like "tqxu" instead of line drawing > characters? > Last time I checked, I thought it is terminal related. When I use screen, it > uses line drawing character. For PuTTY, see: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-April/146577.html > > The current dialog + utf8 MacOS's Term.app seems work just fine. > I'm playing with devel/cdialog and no matter it uses ncurses or ncursesw > the result is the same. > > I'm CCing ache@ who imports GNU's dialog to our base and cdialog/ncurses > author, hope they can comment :-)
So here's how to reproduce this. I'm using PuTTY 0.59 (and I have tried using the snapshots as well, same behaviour) on Windows, using a font that has Unicode line-drawing characters. PuTTY is set for ISO-8859-1 encoding/translation. My UNIX environment: TERM="xterm" export LANG="en_GB.ISO8859-1" export LC_CTYPE="en_GB.ISO8859-1" export LC_COLLATE="C" Results of COLUMNS=40 dialog --msgbox "testing" 6 30 (sorry if this doesn't come across right, but if I save it to a file and cat it, it does appear correctly): ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ â testing â â â âââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ⤠â [ OK ] â ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ Now we change PuTTY encoding/translation to UTF-8, and the UNIX environment to: export LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" export LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" Results of COLUMNS=40 dialog --msgbox "testing" 6 30 : lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk x testing x x x tqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu x [ OK ] x mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj mutt and other apps, however, draw line characters just fine with this configuration. This is what I meant by "specific to dialog(1)". Hope this helps. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"