* Martin Jerabek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20061206 17:15]: > When using a UTF-8 locale, grml0.9rc2 suggests during boot to use > "filterm - dynafont" to enable UTF-8 output on the console. This works > fine with several programs I tested (e.g. more, vim) but not with "less" > (or "most"). This is annoying because it makes it impossible to view > manpages since man uses less as its pager by default. When trying to > view manpages in a UTF-8 locale without filterm, special characters such > as "fancy" quotes are not displayed correctly, of course.
ACK > The effect when using less with "filterm - dynafont" is that the console > is switched back to its default grml font and less hangs. It has to be > killed to be able to proceed. A simple test to show this behavior while > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 is set: > % filterm - dynafont > % less > ...Only ^C can stop less > Instead of calling less directly, try to view any manpage: > % filterm - dynafont > % man find > Reformatting find(1), please wait... > ...stuck... > I am sure this is a problem of filterm but since filterm seems to be the > recommended way to do UTF-8 output in grml0.9, it is also grml's > problem. I'm aware of the fact that filterm is not really a fine solution. Checking out unicode stuff for console in more detail is on my todolist. Thanks for reporting! regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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