Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <36ED4DAA.48F2D957@bigfoot.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:12:58 +0000 From: Alain CULOS Organization: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~joannaalain/ X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en,fr,pl MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: "Accented" characters References: <199902230820 DOT JAA25667 AT bond DOT nexus DOT se> <36D29BB8 DOT 5F803A81 AT crocodial DOT de> <36D2F1AA DOT D671A186 AT crocodial DOT de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Benjamin Riefenstahl wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > Henrik Johansson wrote: > > > There is a couple of problems, however. When I write (in bash) > > > ls //c/tmp/l*.txt > > > the response is > > > //c/tmp/l?smig.txt > > > even though the real filename is "läsmig.txt" (the second character in > > > the filename has the code 228, or 0xE4...it is an 'a' with two dots). > > Benjamin Riefenstahl wrote: > > chcp 1252 > > Ok, after some private exchange with Dan Herron > I caved in and actually tested these > things instead of just shooting from the hip ;-). Note that all that > follows is only tested with b18 (good enough for my occasional tests > until now). > > Firstly, in b18 bash needs the complete filename for CHCP, so it's > actually "chcp.com 1252". When I read that I was delighted I would be able to have proper accents in my Bash/Dos window. Pity is I don't seem to have chcp.com at all at all (yes I did a comprehensive search on my disk). Any idea what could replace chcp on a Windows 95 B platform ? The rest will probably work fine once I have that chcp thingy replaced. > Secondly, bash needs some additional configuration in ~/.inputrc (copied > from my Linux box): > > >>>>>>>>>>> > set convert-meta Off > set output-meta On > <<<<<<<<<<< > > Thirdly and lastly, for ls to show 8-bit chars correctly, the "-N" (AKA > "--literal") option is needed, so > > ls -N > > does the job. > > so long, benny > ====================================== > Benjamin Riefenstahl (benny AT crocodial DOT de) > Crocodial Communications EntwicklungsGmbH > Ruhrstr. 61, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany -- ANTI SPAM / ANTI ARROSAGE COMMERCIAL : Pour me répondre, veuillez enlever le Z de mon adresse. To answer me, please take out the Z from my address. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com