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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2011-11-21 13:16:23 +0400 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2011-11-21 13:16:23 +0400 |
| commit | 8b0e312bf1379d45f83a68091683df5e87bab454 (patch) | |
| tree | 600a2a493ca3767576898ef84ef365262db5317a /winsup/doc | |
| parent | c5785504f8e8695c8dd2dae97d096243e0e22ab4 (diff) | |
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.weirdchars): Rewrite.
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 23 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 9c1b7c21c..d4beface4 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-11-21 Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> + + * faq-using.xml (faq.using.weirdchars): Rewrite. + 2011-11-17 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * faq-using.xml (faq.using.converting-paths): Remove reference to diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index edce36d9f..162629f5f 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -370,18 +370,17 @@ need to set the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG environment variables.</para> <question><para>My application prints international characters but I only see gray boxes</para></question> <answer> -<para>Very likely you didn't set your console character set to the preferred -character set before the first Cygwin application was started in the -console. To make sure the console is using the desired character set, -make sure that one of the internationalization environment variables -LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, or LANG is set before the first Cygwin process starts. -You can do that, for instance, by setting the variable in your -<literal>Cygwin.bat</literal> file from which you start your Cygwin shell. -</para> - -<para> -For a more detailed explanation see the section -<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-locale.html#setup-locale-console">The Windows Console character set</ulink> in the Cygwin User's Guide.</para> +<para>In the case of Cygwin programs, this likely means that the +character set as determined by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG environment +variables does not match the one set on the Text page of the Cygwin Terminal's +options. Setting the locale in the terminal's options will set the LANG +variable accordingly.</para> +<para>Non-Cygwin programs in the Cygwin Terminal do not usually take +heed of the locale environment variables. Instead, they often use the +so-called console codepage, which can be determined with the command +<command>cmd /c chcp</command> followed by the appropriate Windows +codepage number. The codepage number for Cygwin's default UTF-8 character +set is 65001.</para> </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.multiple-copies"> |