linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] UTF-8 fixes in comments

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Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:45:32 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cmadams@...aay.net,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] UTF-8 fixes in comments

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:38:32AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Chris Adams wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org> said:
> > >Try init=/bin/sh, from that shell run stty iutf8. Then things will work
> > >fine.  The fix is thus just to make the VT's tty initial iutf8 setup
> > >follow vt.default_utf8.
> > 
> > You may also need to select a UTF-8 locale (e.g. LANG="en_US.UTF-8") for
> > programs like bash to handle this correctly.
> 
> Yes of course, but here the purpose was _not_ programs like bash, but
> the canonical mode (i.e. programs like cat etc.), for which the LANG
> variable has no effect, only iutf8 has.

exactly, thanks for understanding my problem Samuel :-)

Willy
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