Hi Kostas > I tried your suggestion, no difference. Well, a pity :(
I guess Waldek is on the right track. Can you confirm the lines below in your envirnoment? (3) -> )lisp (code-char 945) Value = #\GREEK_SMALL_LETTER_ALPHA (3) -> )lisp (code-char 177) Value = #\PLUS-MINUS_SIGN (3) -> )lisp (3) -> )lisp (format t "~a" (code-char 177)) ± Value = NIL (3) -> )lisp (format t "~a" (code-char 945)) α Value = NIL (3) -> On 25.10.2020 00:40, Kostas Oikonomou wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > I tried your suggestion, no difference. My locale is set to "en_US.UTF-8", > as I > posted earlier. > In any case, FreeBSD is fully "internationalized", has been so for a while. > See > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n.html > > I don't know what the issue is, but it seems like a difference between 1.3.5 > and > 1.3.6. > > Kostas > > > On 10/24/20 1:50 PM, Kurt Pagani wrote: >> 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/936b2bb0-4938-32a0-ddce-e842ffb88fe5%40gmail.com.
