The problem is solved on my RH 8.0 now, i did env -i TERM=xterm-xfree86 mc and the strange symbols were gone when i browsed some binary files with the internal editor, however, when i logged (over ssh) in my self-compiled system the glitch was there. I did like this: # env -i ssh void #pass: void# env -i TERM=xterm-xfree86 mc
how is that possible ? thats what env displays in mc: ---------------------------- bash-2.05a# env PWD=/root HISTCONTROL=ignorespace SHLVL=1 TERM=xterm-xfree86 OLDPWD=/usr/local/lib/mc _=/usr/bin/env ------------------------------ On Tuesday 22 October 2002 21:21, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > > Problem: When I view a binary file with the internal MC editor (F3), > > scrool up and down with PGUP and PGDOWN and then press F3 again to exit, > > both panels are full with unrecognisable characters. I took a > > screenshot: http://n3on.jelgava.lv/mc-problem.jpg > > I think that telnet or ssh or whatever you are using propagates your > locale settings (usually LANG environment variable) to the remote machine. > And the remove mc cannot work in that locale. > > In particular, locales using UTF-8 encoding are not supported. They are > not supported even by the current version, let alone 4.1.35. Set LANG to > something sane, like C, en_US or lv_LV, or even unset it. > > > The same problem is with the man pages. When I do man bash for example, > > I get the strange symbols again if I scrool up and down. > > It's all problems of Red Hat 8.0, even if you login to some other machine. > They are pushing UTF-8 to the console, and that leads to many problems. > They may be doing a good thing in the long term, but in the short term > it's a big headache. > > > The problem doesn't exist if I ssh to another PC with RH 7.2 for example > > and run MC on that comp. > > Of course. > > > I tried to install a different version of MC, same results. I also tried > > to compile it with --with-ncurses then with a different version of glib, > > no changes > > Unfortunately, UTF-8 support is not implemented and I don't think it will > be implemented any time soon. _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
