[locale] nano version

2006-01-04 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Hello, [begin text for the book] 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. [end of text for the book] For those who want screenshots (but probably not for the boo

Re: [locale] nano version

2006-01-04 Thread Randy McMurchy
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 01/04/06 09:46 CST: > 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 re

BLFS Expansion

2006-01-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Recently there has been a lot of activity in the LFS community. There has been especially important activity in internationalization (i18n) and cross-LFS (CLFS) that has the potential to to expand the horizon of BLFS significantly. We have already started putting some i18n into the book and the C

Re: BLFS Expansion

2006-01-04 Thread Randy McMurchy
Chris Staub wrote these words on 01/05/06 01:10 CST: > 5. Reduce workload by reducing the number of packages in BLFS and > allowing users to be less dependent on it, since it's not supposed to be > a comprehensive guide to installing every piece of software someone > might want to use (or is it

Re: BLFS Expansion

2006-01-04 Thread Chris Staub
Randy McMurchy wrote: Chris Staub wrote these words on 01/05/06 01:10 CST: 5. Reduce workload by reducing the number of packages in BLFS and allowing users to be less dependent on it, since it's not supposed to be a comprehensive guide to installing every piece of software someone might want