Hello,
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In UTF-8 based locales, nano-1.2.5 doesn't display non-ASCII characters
correctly and doesn't accept them for input, which makes it unsuitable
as an editor in such locales.
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For those who want screenshots (but probably not for the book),
nano-1.2.5.png illustrates the breakage (the locale is ru_RU.UTF-8), and
nano-1.2.5-good.png is how nano looks like in the ru_RU.KOI8-R locale
(the document has been, of course, converted accordingly between taking
the screenshots).
Nano-1.3.9 (i.e., the development version) supports UTF-8 well if it
finds either libncursesw (part of UTF-8 LFS book) or S-Lang 2.x (in
BLFS) at the compilation time. The instructions currently in the book
work except for the installation of the sample nanorc file and other
documentation. The LiveCD configures nano-1.3.9 without S-Lang and with
the following arguments:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-color \
--enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc
(although it should really use --sysconfdir=/etc/nano, sorry for the bug)
The question is how the book should handle this. Valid options:
1) Upgrade nano to 1.3.9 and briefly explain the reason on its page.
Don't add anything to the "locale related issues" page because the issue
is completely resolved.
2) Keep both nano-1.2.5 and nano-1.3.9 as separate pages, add a
"caution" box on the nano-1.2.5 page explaining the issue and pointing
to nano-1.3.9 page. Duplicate this on the "locale related issues" page
for completeness.
Please express your preferences.
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