I think this bug should instead be filed against the console, against the font it uses, not against each individual package that uses pretty quotes. Really, a modern font should be able to render “” and ‘’ and «» correctly, also on the console (VT).
** Summary changed: - Malformed characters on the console with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 are shown + On the console block characters are shown instead of pretty quotes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to nano in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569964 Title: On the console block characters are shown instead of pretty quotes Status in nano package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 dev with nano 2.5.3-2 and on going to the console and setting LANG to de_DE.UTF-8 I'm noticing that changing an existing file with nano and aborting the changes with CTRL + X does show before and after the word "Nein" a black square instead of the characters „ and “ as they are shown on a terminal. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nano/+bug/1569964/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp