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Date:	Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:16:31 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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cc:	Krzysztof Duleba <krzysan AT skrzynka DOT pl>
Subject:	Re: Local (polish) characters
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Krzysztof Duleba wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is there a way to make Cygwin display polish characters? I see no
> > setconsole, setfont programs, nor /etc/sysconfig directory. Does Cygwin
> > support local character sets at all?
> >
> > Regards
> > Krzysztof Duleba
>
> Unless you're talking about X, Cygwin supports local character sets only
> to the extent that your version of Windows supports it.  FWIW, I know it's
> possible, as my Cygwin consoles display Cyrillic characters with no
> problems.

Just make sure your CYGWIN variable doesn't contain the "codepage:*"
setting.

> All I did was add the "Cyrillic" language setting to the "Regional
> Options" dialog.  If you *are* asking about X, try asking on the
> cygwin-xfree list instead.
>         Igor

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