RE: Debian and Unicode line drawing
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> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:50 -0400
> From: zlinuxman@wowway.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> CC: akurczyk@outlook.com
> Subject: RE: Debian and Unicode line drawing
>
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> What release of PuTTY are you using? I'm using PuTTY 0.63, which is
> the latest release. In this version, the default value for the terminal
> type string is xterm. At least it is for me. I have to explicitly change
> it to putty, even after setting the remote character set to UTF-8. Make
> sure the terminal type string is all lower case. Terminal type strings
> are case sensitive. They have to match the terminal type definition in
> ncurses. The putty terminal type definition in ncurses can be found in
> /usr/share/terminfo/p. You can also try a terminal type string of
> xterm-utf8. This terminal type definition in ncurses is found in
> /usr/share/terminfo/x. The latest version of PuTTY can be downloaded
> here:
>
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
I forgot to change the last value... IT WORKS NOW!!!
http://screeny.olo-web.eu/2014-05-01__12:08:10.png
Sorry and thank you :-)
It's the latest version - 0.63.
> I assume that this is what the output of
>
> dpkg-reconfigure locales
Yes it's "dpkg-reconfigure locales".
> First of all, the proper upgrade procedure for an upgrade from wheezy
> to jessie goes like this. First, become root. Then, edit /etc/apt/apt.conf
This file is and was empty.
> and remove any "default-release" specification that may exist. Save the
> file and exit the editor. Then edit /etc/apt/sources.list and remove
> any releases defined except wheezy. Then change wheezy to jessie.
> Then, comment out the jessie-updates site and the security site, since these
> should not be used with the current testing release. Save file file and exit
So now it should look like this:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main contrib non-free
?
> [...]
>
> Your use of sudo leads me to believe that you may be using a Debian
> derivative, such as Ubuntu, rather than native Debian. I cannot give
> you upgrade advice for anything other than native Debian. That's what
> I use, and that's what I know. Consult your distribution's documentation
> for the proper procedure to upgrade from one release to another.
It's Debian. I have configured sudo myself.
> [...]
>
> By the way, thank you for not top-posting. But it would also be helpful
> if you would try to limit the length of all your lines to less than 80
> characters. I have reformatted your message to conform to these guidelines.
Ok, thanks, I will remember :-)
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Best regards,
Aleksander Kurczyk
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