Re: Problem with non ascii characters...

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Don, 2002-02-28 at 04:34, Pan wrote: 
> I don't know what happened... I just run apt-get update/upgrade and after
> installing a bunch of updates (I'm running unstable) turns out I can't
> see/type/copy or paste any non-ascii characters...
> 
> I know this is as vague as it can be... but I don't even know where to
> start to see what's the problem.
> 
> I have gnome installed (with sawfish/sawmill) and when I open 'gnome
> character map' it doesn't even show the non-ascii characters. If I select
> the proper font style (iso8859-1) they show up, but I can't copy or paste
> them. Or even select them...
> 
> Any idea?

Make sure you're not using the 'C' locale, which only supports ASCII.


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