> I wonder if anyone could explain the USE flag 'unicode' better than > the Gentoo description located here: > > http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml > > unicode Adds support for Unicode > > I think the person who wrote this knows too much. ;-) > > What is unicode and why might an end user want it or need it?
What the "unicode"-use-flag does, depends on the package you emerge. For example while emergeing baselayout, it turns on a switch in /etc/rc.conf - nothing more. On the other hand, while emerge mc, it turns on the support of mc (Midnight Command) for a unicode/utf8-console. And if you emerge wxGTK, the unicode-use-flag triggers the build of the unicode-aware version of wxGTK. So in general, i prefer my console- and my X11-apps to have unicode support. So i have the use-flag turned on, but i disabled it for baselayout since i use a non-utf8 locale. Greetings Sven
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