Re: Native letters in Cygwin zsh

[Wojciech Pietron <W.Pietron@itl.waw.pl>]

* Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> [2006-01-26 19:19]:
> * Wojciech Pietron (2006-01-26 14:23 +0100)
> > WinXP Pro,
> > ZSH_VERSION=4.2.6
> > Cygwin.dll 1.5.19
> > charset cp1250
> > TERM=rxvt
> > 
> > The only problem is with Cygwin and displaying Polish native letters. I
> > usually use AltGr modifier (right Alt on standard PC keyboard) to have them
> > typed. And seven of nine Polish native letters are displayed OK. Problem is
> > with AltGr-S and AltGr-X. Instead of displaying Polish letters I can see
> > two strange-looking chars (it looks like German 'umlaut' and 'SS') in the
> > case of normal and capital letters. Similar problem with typing in vi. 
> > 
> > There is no problem with it in the case of standard Windows application
> > (notepad, Word, and so on).
> > 
> > After a few hours spent in 'bindkey', 'stty' and similar stuff I am not
> > very familiar with, I found out that after running a command 'setopt nozle'
> > I am able to produce all Polish letters. Of course, I loose all
> > functionality associated with 'Zsh Line Editor' module as well. What is more,
> > problem remains in vi editor.
> > 
> > Is there any simpler command to be able to enable Polish letters associated
> > with AltGr-X and AltGr-S and not to loose all the functionality of 'zle'
> > module?
> 
> Try setopt printeightbit
> 
Unfortunately it does not work. I doubt if it is a matter of printing
8-bit characters because there is no problem with printing the other
seven Polish native (8-bit) letters. Just two of them do not want to be
displayed correctly.

Best regards,
Wojciech Pietron