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From: victor@algebraic.org (Victor S. Miller)
Subject: Re: problem with non-displayable characters
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:26:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ptajlk4a.fsf@algebraic.algebraic.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87smffpwjt.fsf@freemail.hu>

>>>>> "Magnus" == Magnus Henoch <mange@freemail.hu> writes:

Magnus> victor@algebraic.org (Victor S. Miller) writes:
>> How can I tell gnus (or emacs in general) not to try to display
>> extended characters when my terminal type is a vt100?

Magnus> (unless window-system (set-terminal-coding-system 'latin-1))

Magnus> But this shouldn't be needed.  Given correct locale settings
Magnus> (LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE environment variables) Emacs should
Magnus> figure this out by itself.

Magnus> Regards, Magnus

Magnus, Thanks very much.  When I log on as a vt100 the LC_ALL and
LC_CTYPE aren't set at all, and LANG is set to en_US.UTF-8.

What can I do to get these set properly?

Victor


      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-04-07 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-07 15:23 Victor S. Miller
     [not found] ` <87smffpwjt.fsf@freemail.hu>
2004-04-07 18:26   ` Victor S. Miller [this message]

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