Bug#62475: Problems with UK currency symbol
reassign 62475 base-files
severity 62475 wishlist
thanks
Not sure, if this should be done during the installation process or as
a configuration option/question at package setup.
Christi Alice Scarborough writes:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 05:28:09PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > Package: bash
> > > Version: 2.04-1
> > >
> > > The pound (currency) key on the UK keyboard does not seem to be producing
> > > pound signs. On my machine it appears to be producing "<Ctrl-A>#<cr>".
> > >
> > > It appears that bash is attempting to treat character code 0xa3 as a
> > > metacharacter, rather than rendering the correct character.
> >
> > - what's the content of /etc/inputrc and ~/.inputrc?
> > - is LANG or LC_* set?
>
> Uncommenting
>
> # set convert-meta off
>
> in /etc/inputrc fixes the problem. This should possibly be a default for
> non-US installations. Losing the use of the meta key seems like quite a
> high price to pay though. Is there no way to seperate the concepts of
> high bit set characters and meta characters? It doesn't seem to make much
> sense to regard them as one and the same.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christi
>
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