On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:02:11 +0100 Matthias Schweinoch <matthias.schweinoch@epost.de> wrote: > hi, > > when i call "ls" on a directory that holds entries with these > characters, they will be replaced by a question mark... trying to type > them gives me the error beep. This effect is due to a mismatch between the charset used for the filename and the console charset or the console using a font that doesn't contain those characters. If you get a single question mark, it's probably the second one as UTF8 or other unicode encodings tend to produce longer replacements. You might try reconfiguring the locales package to create some UTF8 charsets and then run the console with one of those locales. Be aware however that playing with locales can be somewhat painful with funny and unexpected results if you use it for a longer time since you'll get a mix of the old (probably iso8859-1 or 8859-15) and utf8 encodings which can be quite irritating at times. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de
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