On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:33:46PM +0200, David Harel wrote: > Hi all, > > This issue re-accrues over and over again, I fix it (and forget about > it) and the next time I fiddle with Linux (install Gentoo for example), > I break it again. So how do I make xterm, konsole, konqueror and many > other tools to show file names and other kind of information in Hebrew?
Make sure you work with a locale whose charset is UTF-8. The simplest thing is just to set LANG=he_IL.UTF-8 or LANG=en_US.UTF-8 [*] . It is also possible to set: LANG=he_IL.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C to avoid programs from using Hebrew as their language. This is normally set in /etc/environment or explicitly by the DM (gdm/kdm) when you login. Make sure also that such a locale exists. Though the DM normally only knows how to set LANG and not something more complex. [*] en_US.UTF-8 is generally a bad choice for locale definitions, as they use a different date format, printer page size, mesurment units, etc. en_GB.UTF-8 is closer to what we have -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849755 | | friend ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
