The same is true in french under linux. Something changed
from 1.9.1 to 2.0.0.
First, it is necessary to have .inputrc (in $HOME)
(or $INPUTRC defined) to enter and display 8-bits
characters under bash and R.
#.inputrc (for readline library)
set input-meta on
set output-meta on
set convert-meta off
Then
Under R2.0.1, I have:
> élément <- "é" # error for object name
Error: syntax error
> element <- "é"
> element
[1] "\351" # different from R1.9.1 (="é")
> Sys.setlocale('LC_ALL','fr_FR')
[1] "fr_FR"
> élément <- "é" # OK for object name
> élément
[1] "é" # OK for display
Another solution:
export LC_ALL='fr_FR' # before loading R
and then Sys.setlocale becomes useless.
Jean Coursol
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