From: Felix Natter <f DOT natter AT ndh DOT net>
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Subject: Re: setlocale and pdcurses 2.4
Date: 08 Sep 2001 19:40:41 +0200
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Felix Natter <f DOT natter AT ndh DOT net> writes:

F> hi,
> 
> I am using pdcurses 2.4 on djgpp to port a GNU/Linux ncurses program
> to DOS/Windows.
> 
> The problem is that pdcurses 2.4 does not seem to be able to display
> 8bit characters (i.e. German Umlaute). For example, ö is displayed as
> a division-sign.
> 
> Is there a way to make djgpp/pdcurses-2.4 display 8bit-characters correctly ?

Sorry, this was a character set problem:
I was able to fix it with "recode latin1..ibmpc lesson.typ".

But here's one thing I noticed: the info-documentation of djgpp
indicates that setlocale only recognizes "C" and "POSIX" locales.
Is that still true ?

-- 
Felix Natter