It is indeed U+2019.
Keyboard typing is not affected by this problem because in this case it is
U+0027 that is used.
The problem with U+2019 concerns txt files imported from another device.
I will look into the solution of configuring a different font.
Thank you

Le mar. 13 mai 2025, 13:01, Benno Schulenberg <bensb...@telfort.nl> a
écrit :

>
> [Please respond only to the list, not to me.]
>
> Op 12-05-2025 om 12:28 schreef Pascal DEVEAUX:
> > Using archlinux without X11 with locale set to fr_FR.UTF-8, nano can't
> > display "apostrophe" and put □ instead. Nano display : can□t instead
> can't
>
> When you say "apostrophe", you mean U+2019, not U+0027, right?
>
> (To check, run `nano --mini --constant` and type your "apostrophe".
> Then move the cursor back onto the character, and check what it says
> in the mini bar at the bottom.)
>
> I can confirm that, on an up-to-date Manjaro, on a Linux console
> the character U+2019 is displayed as ■ instead of as ’.
>
> When I run `showconsolefont` on Manjaro, it shows just four blocks
> of 64 characters.  On my Mint install, it shows eight blocks, and
> there U+2019 is shown as a ’ just fine.
>
> So you need to configure a different font for the console.  How to
> do that... I don't know.  Better refer to the Arch Linux docs:
>
>    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console#Fonts
>
>
> On Ubuntu and derivatives, this report may be of some use:
>
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nano/+bug/1569964
>
>
> Benno
>

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