Hi John, Are you maybe using Sage inside a screen session? Apparently screen doesn't play nicely with UTF-8 characters, unless you invoke it with "screen -U".
David On 20 August 2013 14:24, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > You need a UTF-8 capable terminal (independently of Sage it would be a good > time to switch). See also screenshots at: > > http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/vbraun/UTF8/ > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:14:41 PM UTC+1, John Cremona wrote: >> >> 5.12 introduced a new encoding for the Sage header. I remember some >> discussion on this list of whether it was a good idea or not. I >> probably cannot cut and paste here to show you how weird this looks >> for me, but it's a mess of chinese-looking characters: >> >> >> ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┠>> │ Sage Version 5.12.beta1, Release Date: 2013-08-16 │ >> │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. │ >> │ Type "help()" for help. │ >> >> └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ >> ┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠>> ┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠>> ┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┓ >> ┃ Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable. ┃ >> ┗┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠>> ┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠>> ┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┠┛ >> sage: >> >> (they are not all a-circumflex as tey appear in my gmail window). >> >> I tried switching my locale setting but it made no difference. What >> magic do I need to use to make this look reasonable? And then we >> should add instructions to the FAQ since we'll surely get many more >> similar comments? (I confess that I did not check the FAQ before >> posting this....) >> >> John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
