On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:15:18 +0200, "Stephan Seitz" wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:32:54AM -0700, Tim Freedom wrote: > > 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.
We agree - I'm simply saying make it simple for the users and give them the option to enable utf-8 if they want/need-to without having to muck with locales. Simply put, if there is no clear spelled-out note on what's needed to get UTF-8 working (FAQ or something), expect mode questions like mine and the recent post by Mr. Mark Reed :-) Cheers, .tf. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
