RE: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
Now that You point it out, I myself also do not understand how this can work, but it does! BTW, Hannu, Your mailto does not really work :-) -Original Message- From: Hannu E K Nevalainen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:04 PM To: Morche Matthias Subject: RE: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line From: Morche Matthias Subject: RE: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in ... set input-meta off ... set meta-flag off set output-meta on ... --- bind.mm 2004-02-28 12:49:20.0 +0100 +++ bind.henk 2004-02-28 12:47:04.0 +0100 @@ -6 +6 @@ -set enable-keypad off +set enable-keypad on @@ -10 +10 @@ -set input-meta off +set input-meta on @@ -13 +13 @@ -set mark-symlinked-directories off +set mark-symlinked-directories on @@ -15 +15 @@ -set meta-flag off +set meta-flag on @@ -22 +22 @@ -set bell-style audible +set bell-style visible I find it strange that you have got characters with 8'th bit set to work... My experience is that 'input-meta' and 'meta-flag' has to be set as indicated on '+' marked lines above. Read below to see how I have things set. ... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 09:33:58PM +0100, Mikka wrote: Hi Olaf, I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command line in rxvt. All I get are the following values: $ \344\366\374 bash: äöü: command not found [...] I once had similar troubles, I'll paste you my settings. First, the relevant lines in my .inputrc ($HOME) read: set convert-meta off set input-meta on set meta-flag on set output-meta on Furthermore, I've alias'd ls to the following: alias ls='ls --color=auto --show-control-chars' alias ll='ls -l --color=auto --show-control-chars' etc. Notice the --show-control-chars here. I usually call rxvt.exe this way: c:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/bash.exe --login set termencoding=latin1 Now, umlauts äöüæåø... should be enabled in VIM, too. Does vim show the euro-sign right ? Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Berater S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
Hi, I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command line in rxvt. All I get are the following values: $ \344\366\374 bash: äöü: command not found I have set the following in .inputrc $ less .inputrc set input-meta on set convert-meta off set output-meta on The shell starts with D:\Programme\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe --scrollstyle next -fb 'Courier New-17' -fn 'Courier New-17' -e /usr/bin/bash -l -i Is there a way to show the umlauts rigth ? Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Berater S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri Feb 27 09:45:09 2004 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Path: d:\programme\cygwin\usr\local\bin d:\programme\cygwin\bin d:\programme\cygwin\bin d:\programme\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\WINNT\system32 c:\WINNT c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem c:\Programme\MSSQL7\BINN d:\Programme\Apache Group\ant\bin c:\Programme\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\ c:\Nokia\Update_Manager\bin d:\Programme\Nokia\Tools\Nokia_Developers_Suite_for_J2ME\bin c:\PROGRA~1\CA\SHARED~1\SCANEN~1 c:\PROGRA~1\CA\ETRUST~1 d:\Programme\SFU\common\ d:\Programme\SFU\Perl\bin\ d:\programme\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin d:\programme\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin d:\programme\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin Output from d:\programme\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 14189(of) GID: 545(Benutzer) 545(Benutzer) Output from d:\programme\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 14189(of) GID: 545(Benutzer) 544(Administratoren)545(Benutzer) 1004(Debuggerbenutzer) 10545(mkgroup-l-d) SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32 WinDir: C:\WINNT CYGWIN = `ntsec ntea tty' HOME = `d:\Users\of' LD_LIBRARY_PATH = `d:\programme\cygwin\usr\lib:\usr\X11R6\lib' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/of' USER = `of' ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users' ANT_HOME = `//D/Programme/Apache Group/ant' APPDATA = `C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\of\Anwendungsdaten' AVENGINE = `C:\PROGRA~1\CA\SHARED~1\SCANEN~1' CLASSPATH = `C:\Programme\Java\j2re1.4.1_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip' COLORFGBG = `0;default;15' COLORTERM = `rxvt-xpm' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien' COMPUTERNAME = `NBOF' COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' CVS_RSH = `/bin/ssh' DISPLAY = `:0' EDITOR = `vi' HOMEDRIVE = `H:' HOMEPATH = `\' HOMESHARE = `\\DCBLN01\home\of' HOSTNAME = `nbof' INFOPATH = `/usr/local/info:/usr/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/autotool/devel/info:/usr/autotool/stable/info:' INOCULAN = `C:\PROGRA~1\CA\ETRUST~1' INTERIX_COMPILERDIR = `/dev/fs/e/Programme/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Vc7' INTERIX_ROOT = `/dev/fs/D/Programme/SFU/' INTERIX_ROOT_WIN = `D:\Programme\SFU\' JAVA_HOME = `/D/Programme/JavaSoft/j2sdk1.4.2_02' LC_CTYPE = `de_DE.ISO-8859-1' LESS = `isrR' LOGONSERVER = `\\DCBLN01' MANPATH = `/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/autotool/devel/man::/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/ssl/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man' NNTPSERVER = `news' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' OLDPWD = `/usr/bin' OPENNT_ROOT = `/dev/fs/D/Programme/SFU/' OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' OS = `Windows_NT' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' PKG_CONFIG_PATH = `:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0803' PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programme' PS1 = `\[\e]0;\l \w\007\n\t \[\e[36m\] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' QTJAVA = `C:\Programme\Java\j2re1.4.1_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip' SFUDIR = `D:\Programme\SFU\' SFUDIR_INTERIX = `/dev/fs/D/Programme/SFU/' SHLVL = `1' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT' TEMP = `c:\temp' TERM = `xterm' TMP = `c:\temp' TMPDIR = `d:\programme\cygwin\tmp' TZ = `MET-1MEET' USERDNSDOMAIN = `de.sesa.net' USERDOMAIN = `DE-SESA-NET' USERNAME = `of' USERPROFILE = `C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\of' WINDIR = `C:\WINNT' WINDOWID = `168034472' XAPPLRESDIR = `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults' XCMSDB = `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xcms.txt' XKEYSYMDB = `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB' XNLSPATH = `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' ftp_proxy = `http://www-cache:8080/' http_proxy = `http://www-cache:8080/' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/' cygdrive flags = 0x002a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `d:\programme\cygwin' flags = 0x000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/home (default) = `d:\Users' flags = 0x000a
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
* Olaf Föllinger (2004-02-27 09:49 +0100) I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command line in rxvt. What about zsh (or another shell) and the standard Cygwin Console? I get are the following values: $ \344\366\374 bash: äöü: command not found I have set the following in .inputrc $ less .inputrc set input-meta on set convert-meta off set output-meta on This is the canonic way. Make sure that the file is sourced. But I have no problems here - although typing non-ascii characters in a shell doesn't make sense. The only use is showing files with ls or d - which is not a shell thing. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 12:35:23PM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: * Olaf Föllinger (2004-02-27 09:49 +0100) I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command line in rxvt. What about zsh (or another shell) and the standard Cygwin Console? $ zsh \[\e]0;\l \w\007\n\t \[\e[36m\] [EMAIL PROTECTED] zsh: command not found: \M-d\M-v\M-| Changes the problem fron shell to rsponse. I get are the following values: $ \344\366\374 bash: äöü: command not found I have set the following in .inputrc $ less .inputrc set input-meta on set convert-meta off set output-meta on This is the canonic way. Make sure that the file is sourced. The file is sourced, without this it wouldn't show the escaped sequences. But I have no problems here - although typing non-ascii characters in a shell doesn't make sense. The only use is showing files with ls or d - which is not a shell thing. Final goal is to show the character rigth in vi and mutt. So I thought the shell is a good start. Is it? Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Berater S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG Alt-Moabit 91a D-10559 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 30 390722 -291 Fax: +49 30 390722 -222 Mobil: +49 173 6227080 http://www.sesa.de mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
Just to be sure, type the following command: bind -v : $ bind -v set blink-matching-paren on set byte-oriented on set completion-ignore-case off set convert-meta off set disable-completion off set enable-keypad off set expand-tilde off set history-preserve-point off set horizontal-scroll-mode off set input-meta off set mark-directories on set mark-modified-lines off set mark-symlinked-directories off set match-hidden-files on set meta-flag off set output-meta on set page-completions on set prefer-visible-bell on set print-completions-horizontally off set show-all-if-ambiguous off set visible-stats off set bell-style audible set comment-begin # set completion-query-items 100 set editing-mode emacs set keymap emacs That's my settings... and it works from whitin console and PuTTY. By the way, You can set the variables without using .inputrc eg. by bind 'set meta-flag on' matthias ... I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command ... $ less .inputrc set input-meta on set convert-meta off set output-meta on ... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
Hi, this was a very helpful hint. Not only I've learned how to manipulate the values interactively now I know the reason: On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 02:14:46PM +0100, Morche Matthias wrote: Just to be sure, type the following command: bind -v : $ bind -v set blink-matching-paren on set byte-oriented on set completion-ignore-case off set convert-meta off set disable-completion off set enable-keypad off set expand-tilde off set history-preserve-point off set horizontal-scroll-mode off set input-meta off set mark-directories on set mark-modified-lines off set mark-symlinked-directories off set match-hidden-files on set meta-flag off set output-meta on This was set to 'off' here though it is turned on in the .inputrc. I don't know why .inputrc doesn't work but this is another issue. I've turned it on in .bashrc using the syntax documented below and äöü and are shown fine on the commandline. That's my settings... and it works from whitin console and PuTTY. By the way, You can set the variables without using .inputrc eg. by bind 'set meta-flag on' Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Berater S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:35:23 +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: although typing non-ascii characters in a shell doesn't make sense. The only use is showing files with ls or d - which is not a shell thing. Really? Say, you use cygwin to do text processing (I do, with the help of a bleeding edge groff), and in a whim you decide to write poetry to your girlfirend. Being a German speaker, you type, e.g., Lieder_für_meine_geliebte.tr. Did you or did you not need to type high-bit charecters in your shell? (Don't say you type them from within your editor, that's cheating). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:39:09 +0100, Olaf Föllinger wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Final goal is to show the ¤ character rigth in vi and mutt. So I thought the shell is a good start. Is it? Don't mix the shell, which uses readline for line input, with vim and mutt. The latter are curses-based applications and can't care less for whatever you set up for cooking or uncooking input for your shell. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 08:42:58AM -0500, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:39:09 +0100, Olaf Föllinger wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Final goal is to show the ? character rigth in vi and mutt. So I thought the shell is a good start. Is it? Don't mix the shell, which uses readline for line input, with vim and mutt. The latter are curses-based applications and can't care less for whatever you set up for cooking or uncooking input for your shell. Thanks, now I've understood this. Bash works but vi(m) doesn't. Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Berater S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
Just to be a little more helpful :) Have You set some evironmental INPUTRC to use some other file than ~/.inputrc? Or does bash not find Your homedir? matthias ... This was set to 'off' here though it is turned on in the .inputrc. I don't know why .inputrc doesn't work but this is another issue. I've turned it on in .bashrc using the syntax documented below and äöü and EUR are shown fine on the commandline. ... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
* Alejandro Lopez-Valencia (2004-02-27 14:42 +0100) On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:35:23 +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: although typing non-ascii characters in a shell doesn't make sense. The only use is showing files with ls or d - which is not a shell thing. Really? Say, you use cygwin to do text processing (I do, with the help of a bleeding edge groff), and in a whim you decide to write poetry to your girlfirend. Being a German speaker, you type, e.g., Lieder_für_meine_geliebte.tr. Did you or did you not need to type high-bit charecters in your shell? (Don't say you type them from within your editor, that's cheating). I simply wouldn't generate filenames with non-ascii characters in a shell. Same with spaces. Sooner or later some application will choke on it and it'll take me hours to search and find the script or application and fix it or make a workaround. Lieder_fuer_meine_Geliebte.tr suffices and probably I'd call it poems_for_my_sweetheart.txt because she comes from Poland and we communicate in English... :-) Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: 1.5.7: Problems with german umlauts in bash/rxvt command line
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:09:01PM +0100, Morche Matthias wrote: Just to be a little more helpful :) Have You set some evironmental INPUTRC to use some other file than ~/.inputrc? No. Or does bash not find Your homedir? It does find my homedir. Gruss Olaf Föllinger -- Olaf Föllinger Senior Consultant IT Solutions S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
