FreeBSD migt be tricky regarding to UTF-8. Apparently "alpha" appears as U+00B1 (PLUS-MINUS SIGN) in FriCAS. There must be some mismatch. Perhaps setting LC_COLLATE=C will help?
""" FreeBSD, like many UNIX-based operating systems, is unfortunately not configured to use UTF-8 by default. This sometimes causes confusion about whether Unicode is supported on FreeBSD. Fortunately, it is easy to enable UTF-8 on FreeBSD. """ Consult: https://www.b1c1l1.com/blog/2011/05/09/using-utf-8-unicode-on-freebsd/ --- FriCAS Computer Algebra System Version: FriCAS 1.3.5 Timestamp: Mi, 17. Apr 2019 03:15:11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue )copyright to view copyright notices. Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands. Issue )quit to leave FriCAS and return to shell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Function declaration sixel : TexFormat -> Void has been added to workspace. Type: Void Function declaration quickLoad : String -> Void has been added to workspace. Type: Void Type: Variable(alpha) (1) -> α (1) α On 24.10.2020 01:48, Kostas Oikonomou wrote: > Yes, Greek works fine with many other applications, e.g. emacs. Or shell > windows. Or LibreOffice, Thunderbird, etc. > I am not running Linux, but FreeBSD (you can see what FriCAS reports when it > starts.) > > On 10/23/20 7:08 PM, Bill Page wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 6:20 PM Kostas Oikonomou >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ... >>> How do you actually type the 'α'? I switch my keyboard to Greek layout. >>> >> I just cut-and-paste from the email. I also use a desktop app called >> "Character Map" which is more general but more awkward. >> >> Can I assume that you successfully use Greek with other applications? >> E.g. In the system text editor? >> >> Maybe the actual version of Linux that you are using is relevant? >> >> Sorry that I can't be much more help. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/a7b319a3-649b-4cef-2bac-903b72c5fb23%40gmail.com.
