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Re: I can't type any ü, ä or ö in a shell



On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:59:08PM +0100, Ignasi Tura wrote:
> > can anyone give me a hint wy I can't use ä,ö,ü in a shell. "less" is
> > also not able to show these letters. Where's the problem? What do I
> > have to look at to fix it?
> 
> in /etc/profile
> 
> use 
> 
> 
> export LANG=

actually you just have to change LANG=C in /etc/environment to
LANG=ca_ES or whatever.

don't put export in /etc/environment though.

> and then, put your locale (mine is ca_ES, which means Catalonia_Spanish State).
> 
> so 
> 
> 
> export LANG=ca_ES
> 
> you can take a look to them on 
> 
> 
> /usr/share/locale/
> 
> Refer to the list of your country to put it the way you need.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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