On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Colin Watson wrote: > Manuel Hendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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