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Subject: Re: [1.7] Recent build failures (grap and nano) and strange   characters  in error log
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:17 +0100
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Am 27.01.2010 18:33, schrieb Andy Koppe:
> 2010/1/27 Fergus:
>> Q2 I attach the error log (only 6 lines) when attempting "make" after a
>> successful "./configure" of grap v.1.43. I am particularly surprised at and
>> bothered by the intrusive strange characters.
> 
> It's due to using rxvt with a UTF-8 locale, which rxvt does not support.
> 
>> Should I be re-setting LANG or otherwise adjusting my environment?
> 
> Yep, either use a different terminal or set LANG to something that
> rxvt supports, e.g. en_GB.ISO-8859-1.

different terminal = mintty
It's available via cygwin's setup.

mintty also has an options dialog, in which the locale/charset for
cygwin can be adjusted.


Regards,
  Sven


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