On Tuesday 08 February 2005 21:19, Holly Bostick wrote: > Paul Worrall wrote: > > I had "sys-libs/glibc userlocales" in /etc/portage/package.use and the > > following in /etc/locales.build: > > > > en_US/ISO-8859-1 > > en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8 > > en_GB/ISO-8859-1 > > en_GB/UTF-8 > > > > and I was getting strange effects with the 'Â' sign (UK Pounds). For > > instance: * in OpenOffice.org wordprocessor it was impossible to enter > > the sign, > > > > * in Konsole I could type the sign but if I typed several in a row then a > > single backspace deleted them all > > > > * on a virtual terminal I could enter the sign when logged in as root, > > but not as a user. > > > > Anyway, I removed the above line from /etc/portage/package.use, > > re-emerged glibc and all was well. Any idea what was wrong with the > > setup I had? > > WAG to follow; does the UK Pound sign exist in ISO-8859-1? Isn't that > in ISO-8859-15 (Western European) instead? > [snip]
Thanks for the suggestion Holly, have just tried it with ISO-8859-15 but the results are the same. -- Paul
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