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Re: less can't show ä,ü,ö



On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Colin Watson wrote:

> Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de> wrote:
> >kann anyone help fixing my problem with less? I can't see any ä,ü or ö
> >if I do a "less file".
> 
> 'less -r file' for a quick fix. 'export LANG=de_DE' works for me, and is
> probably better long-term.

'export LC_CTYPE=de_DE' should also work, if you want to keep messages in
English, but still get the Umlaute. At least it works for me with bash.

Cleto



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