On Aug 20, 2013 6:45 AM, "David Loeffler" <d.a.loeff...@warwick.ac.uk> wrote: > > 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".
If so, time to switch to tmux!!! > > 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. -- 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.
