Hi! On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:32:54AM -0700, Tim Freedom wrote: > Well, you are setting a locale (LANG, LC_CTYPE); its not global, > sure - but its being set :-)
Of course I do. How else could the program know what language I wish
to use?
> vim-6.1+ and compile it. Then without having to do _anything_ you will
> be able to view/compose/etc a utf-8 (both in graphical mode and/or in
> a UTF-8 terminal emulator). So what happens if you start that same
> vim binary on a non-UTF-8 xterm ? vim is smart to note that UTF-8 is
> not-supported and beep at yeah. That's pretty much all I'm advocating.
You see? It works only in an UTF-8 terminal. But now UTF-8 terminals
aren't a standard.
Besides in some cases you *have* to set LANG or LC_CTYPE. XIM doesn't
work with the wrong locale, so I have to set at least LC_CTYPE to
ja_JP.UTF-8 to input Japanese characters, even if it should work as
well with any other UTF-8 locale.
UTF-8 is no problem for GUI applications, but since text applications
can't change the font of the terminal, they shouldn't use a locale
they couldn't display.
> I have no problem setting the locale myself, but most applications
> out there are simply reverting to native, default UTF-8 support and
> thus the question/suggestion.
Which other applications? I only know gjiten (a Japanese dictionary)
that switches to a Japanese locale, so you can use XIM.
Shade and sweet water!
Stephan
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