X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:23:32 +0000 Message-ID: <416096c61001041123o3da15150h87656b37fc14d01@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: rxvt and strange characters from man From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 2010/1/4 tim richardson: > I've setup rxvt, and take the default term settings. > This is the latest cygwin as of today, Vista host. > > when I do man x, I get odd characters: mis-interpreted control characters. > The default cygwin terminal works fine. > > for example, if I do > man man > > I get this kind of stuff (the characters =C3=A2 (letter a with a hat on) = pops up a lot > > SYNOPSIS > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 man =C2=A0[=C3=A2=CB=86=E2=80=99acdfFhkKtwW] That's because the default locale in Cygwin is C.UTF-8 and rxvt does not (and will not) support UTF-8. You've got two choices: - Change your locale to one with a singlebyte character set, e.g. en_US.ISO-8859-1. - Use a different terminal: urxvt or xterm if you want to run X, or mintty if you don't. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple